Training Session · Beginner · 8 min+40 Mortgage Fitness Unlocks: Area Aware badge

Choosing the Right Area to Live

The right home in the wrong area doesn't work. Weight what actually matters to you, then score any location against your own scorecard.

Welcome

Location is the one thing you can't renovate.

Buyers often optimise for the property and forget the area. This session helps you weight your must-haves and score any location against your own values.

Weight your priorities

Score any area live

Earn Area Aware

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Regulatory status: GYM provides Mortgage Fitness guidance only and is not itself authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to give regulated mortgage advice. Any regulated mortgage advice is provided by FCA-authorised advisers we introduce you to, after a full fact-find. The Mortgage Fitness Score is for guidance only and is not a mortgage offer, decision in principle or guarantee of approval.

Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

Think carefully before securing other debts against your home. Buy-to-let mortgages and some forms of commercial or overseas lending are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Choosing the Right Area to Live · 8 min · +40 XP