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Homes at The Avenue available with Discount Market Sale

Discount Market Sale (DMS) offers an incredible opportunity for prospective homebuyers to own a brand-new home at a reduced price. Discover stunning homes in Acklam today and eligible buyers can get 20% off the market value price!

The DMS scheme offers access to quality homes while empowering buyers with 100% ownership and financial savings, making the dream of owning a new home more feasible and affordable!

Eligibility

 

To be eligible to buy a discounted home, you need to meet criteria relating to your local connection and how much you earn. DMS at The Avenue is not limited to first time buyers and the decision on eligibility rests with the council.
Applications submitted must provide evidence to support eligibility:

- Housing Need and Local Connection (see below)

- Household income cannot exceed £60,000 per annum

- Demonstrate that they require the discount to purchase the property (the Council reserves the right to determine and  amend the test of resources used to ascertain the requirement for Discounted Sale housing)

- Household unable to rent or buy an appropriate property on the open market in the Locality of the property for Discounted Sale

- The Discounted Sale property would have to be the only or main home of the purchases (they cannot be purchased as buy to let), and the purchaser would be required to live there not less than 10 months of the year. The Discounted Sale properties could not be sold as second homes or holiday lets

- The minimum age for applicants is eighteen years old

- An applicant would need to have a right of residence in the UK

Housing Need and Local Connection Criteria

In the absence of specific provisions of the relevant S106 Agreement, in respect of Housing Need and Local Connection criteria, the following standard definition of "Qualifying Person(s)" shall apply, meaning an applicant(s) who:-

- has a Housing Need; a situation where, in the opinion of the Council, a person or household (as defined in section 113 of the Housing Act 1985) meets any of the following criteria:

   - needs to move from accommodation which is in disrepair, shared, temporary overcrowded, or

   - needs to be re-housed as a result of leaving tied accommodation, or

   - is or includes an elderly or disabled person who needs to move due to medical conditions, or

   - needs to move due to reasonable preference as determined by the Council's housing allocation policy; or

   - does not have available to them and cannot afford to buy or rent suitable accommodation at Open Market Value or market rent prevailing within the Locality; and

   - household does not live in the Locality but has demonstrated a connection to the locality through employment or family association and meets the requirements of affordability

- has local connections which shall be conclusively presumed in the case of a person who meets any of the following criteria:

   - was born in the Borough of Middlesbrough; or

   - has lived in the Borough of Middlesbrough for a continuous period of at least three (3) years up to and including the date on which a Disposal is agreed, subject to contract, of a Discounted Sale property; or

   - has worked in the Borough of Middlesbrough for a continuous period of at least three (3) years up to and including the date on which a Disposal is agreed, subject to contract, of a Discounted Sale property; or

   - is by blood or marriage a member of the family (as defined in Section 113 of the Housing Act 1985) of a person who falls or (in the case of any such relationship to a deceased person) would if such person were living fall within one of the above categories; or

   - has an offer of employment in the Borough of Middlesbrough which is of a permanent nature; or

   - has any other reason for living in Borough of Middlesbrough which is approved by the Council; and

   - has registered an interest in living in the Borough of Middlesbrough and is on the housing register maintained by Compass (www.compasscbl.org.uk) and/or any Registered Provider operating in the Borough of Middlesbrough

Available homes

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Available with Discount Market Sale

The Burford
Plot 137

2 bedroom home
£160,000

Solar Panels, Triple Glazing and EV Charging

Available with Discount Market Sale

The Burford
Plot 138

2 bedroom home
£160,000

New Release

Available with Discount Market Sale

The Burford
Plot 139

2 bedroom home
£172,000

Solar Panels, Triple Glazing and EV Charging

The Process

Any interested person can speak to the Sales Advisor at The Avenue and ask for help in starting an application for a Discount Market Sale property.

Application forms and evidence are provided to the Avant Homes team by the customer and a copy is emailed to Middlesbrough Council or sent by the customer directly.  

Middlesbrough Council will check all information provided, and if there is a problem with anything then they will contact the Avant Homes team so that we can liaise with the customer and are aware of the problem as the developer.  

Most applications are assessed and replied to within 3 working days, however if there is a large influx of applications this may be longer.  

A letter to confirm the customer is eligible is sent to Avant Homes. The Sales Advisor will share the outcome with the customer and if the customer has been in contact directly with the council, then they will be copied into the response too.

The sale progresses as normal. Read more about buying with Avant Homes here.

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