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Paula Higgins

CEO & Founder

After spending 15 years reforming housing policy in government, Paula set up the HomeOwners Alliance to give homeowners a voice.  Paula is the public face of the organisation with regular appearances on TV (BBC News, This Morning, Rip off Britain) and Radio (Radio 4 You & Yours, Moneybox and Radio 5 Live), attending government and industry groups and spearheading our campaigns. Paula is a property expert for The Sun, and has also written for and contributed to a number of publications including The Times, Daily Mail, iNews and House Beautiful.

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Budget 2024

Budget 2024: what this means for you

Budget 2024: what this means for you The government has been warning for months that this budget will be ‘painful’ as it aims to plug a £22 billion black hole in public finances as well as raising money so the Chancellor Rachel Reeves can fulfil her promise to ‘invest, invest, invest’ in order to ‘fix […]
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Budget 2024 predictions

Budget 2024 predictions

Budget 2024 predictions With the new Labour government warning October’s budget will be ‘painful’ as it aims to plug a £22billion black hole in public finances and Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying those with the ‘broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden’, we look at what’s expected in the budget and how it’s likely to […]
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what happens when a leasehold expires

What happens when a leasehold expires?

What is a leasehold? When you buy a property it will be leasehold or freehold. If you are buying a leasehold property, you own the property, not the land, and only for the length of your lease agreement with the freeholder. Leases can be up to 999 years long or short, with 80 years or […]
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conveyancing process

Only 40% of UK adults know what conveyancing is

With only two in five UK adults understanding the conveyancing process, we explore how National Conveyancing Week aims to change this.
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new homes ombudsman

New Homes Ombudsman and Consumer Codes explained

What is the New Homes Ombudsman Service? The New Homes Ombudsman Service (NHOS) was set up in 2022 to provide a free and independent service to people who have bought a new build home and have concerns about the buying process, snagging or building defects that arise within the first two years from reserving the […]
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shared ownership council

New Shared Ownership Council launches

A leading group of industry players have today pledged to come together to provide a clearer, more transparent and consistent service for consumers in shared ownership schemes.   The HomeOwners Alliance has been invited to join the Shared Ownership Council (SOC), a cross-industry body committed to building a better shared ownership offer for consumers. The ambition […]
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