A dearth of London homes that qualify for the UK government 's Help to Buy scheme is forcing families to live in " cramped and uncomfortable " conditions , according to Lucy Pendleton of estate agent James Pendleton . Research by the firm found that eight out of London 's 32 boroughs had no qualifying houses , while others , including Greenwich , Barnet and Southwark , only had " a handful " . " The mass extinction of Help to Buy homes has begun , exacerbated by the upper threshold which has n’t moved in recent years " , she said .
A dearth of London homes that qualify for the UK government's Help to Buy scheme is forcing families to live in "cramped and uncomfortable" accommodation, according to Lucy Pendleton of estate agent James Pendleton. Research by the firm found that eight out of London's 32 boroughs had no qualifying houses, while others, including Greenwich, Barnet and Southwark, only had "a handful". "The mass extinction of Help to Buy houses has begun, exacerbated by the upper threshold which hasn’t moved in four years", she said.