Given the disruption that housebuilders have seen both this year and last, this additional extension to the PC deadline (over and above that confirmed last year) is a welcome and pragmatic step to ensure as many transactions as possible can go through under the existing scheme.
Housing quango Homes England has extended the practical completion deadline for people looking to take part in the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme, to take account of delays to the sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
