Paula Higgins, Author At HomeOwners Alliance

Paula Higgins

CEO & Founder

Paula set up the HomeOwners Alliance to give homeowners a voice. Paula is the public face of the organisation with regular appearances on TV, radio and podcasts, attending government and industry groups and spearheading our campaigns. She is regularly featured across a wide range of media outlets, from The Sun, to the The Times, iNews and House Beautiful. Paula is also a Non-Executive Director of the government-funded Leasehold Advisory Service LEASE, an independent member of the Property Codes Compliance Committee and sits on the Shared Ownership Council. She is the winner of the BCA's Property Commentator of the Year 2026.

New scheme will ‘protect homeowners from cowboy builders’

Homeowners will be protected from cowboy builders through a new trusted trader scheme and a payment system that offers more safeguards, the government has announced. Businesses that sign up to the new Approved Code Scheme will be able to show that they meet higher standards of customer service, transparency and dispute resolution. Plus, the new payment system will allow […]

23,000 Households Prepare to Move on the Year’s Busiest Moving Day

This year, Friday 28 August is expected to be the busiest day to move – four times busier than an average moving day – with an estimated 22,904 households moving. The forecast comes from HomeOwners Alliance and reallymoving’s analysis of more than 750,000 removal quotes. The research found that August has been the most popular […]

Home Buying and Selling Reforms

Home Buying and Selling Reforms – What’s proposed? The government has announced a major shake-up of the home-buying process in England and Wales, which could reduce the average time it takes to buy a home by around four weeks and save first-time buyers an average of £650 Proposals include: What do you think […]

Leasehold Advice Hub

Leasehold 101 Everything Leasehold Leasehold Webinar Thanks to those of you that attended our most recent leasehold webinar with HomeOwners Alliance CEO Paula Higgins and Leasehold Advisory Service’s Alero Orimoloye. We hope you found it useful and it was great to field some questions at the end. You can find answers to many of the […]

Share your views on Shared Ownership

Call for Shared Ownership research participants Who they’re looking for Shared ownership homeowners or those considering purchasing a shared ownership property in the next year in England or Wales. If you own a shared ownership property: The researchers would be especially interested in talking to people who have had issues or have sought advice about […]

Share of freehold explained

Share of freehold: At a glance What it is: A type of ownership that means you own your flat on a leasehold basis, but also jointly own the freehold of the building and the land it stands on. Main benefits: Greater control, easier lease extensions, and no external freeholder. Key drawbacks: Shared responsibility […]

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Paula Higgins

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New scheme will ‘protect homeowners from cowboy builders’

23,000 Households Prepare to Move on the Year’s Busiest Moving Day

Home Buying and Selling Reforms

Leasehold Advice Hub

Share your views on Shared Ownership

Share of freehold explained

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