FORTO Finance reaction: 2026 Budget tinkered; "Your First Home won't work"

Created Oct 29, 2026 • AI-generated summary

Cherry press release (dated 28 October 2026) in which Anthony Curtis, director of mortgage broker FORTO Finance, criticises Chancellor John Healey's 2026 Budget as tinkering around the edges and ignoring property and housing. He argues the revived Help to Buy scheme "Your First Home" won't work as well as imagined and risks trapping users in negative equity, cites Taylor Wimpey withdrawing from London and Berkeley Group halting London land purchases, and argues downsizers over 55 should have been exempted from stamp duty. Membership limited to coverage of this FORTO Finance/Anthony Curtis Budget reaction.