Help to Buy

What is Help to Buy?

If you’re a first-time buyer, we have some great news. Help to Buy means your dream home is closer than you think. But what is it?

It is designed to help first-time buyers purchase a newly-built home. Under this scheme, all you need is a 5% deposit and you can borrow 20% of the purchase price interest-free for the first five years*. If you live in London, you can borrow up to 40% of the purchase price, which goes a long way towards the final cost. Visit our Help to Buy blog to learn more about the scheme.

Help-to-Buy offers a number of options to get you moving:

Equity Loan: First Time Buyers

The Help-to-Buy Equity Loan gives First Time Buyers a lift on to the property ladder by making the purchase more affordable. Under this scheme the Government will lend you 20% of the purchase price interest-free for the first five years. You then only need a 5% cash deposit and a 75% loan-to-value mortgage to make up the rest. With a larger deposit, you then have access to more attractive mortgage rates than on a higher loan-to-value mortgage of 80-90%.

Shared Ownership

If you can't afford a 100% mortgage on your own then shared ownership allows you to buy a share of your home (between 25-75% of the property value) and then pay rent on the remaining share. You can then choose to buy more shares later on to increase your ownership when you can afford to.

Equity Loan: London

If you're looking to move to London, the London Help-to-Buy Equity Loan scheme helps First Time Buyers with a 40% Government loan due to higher house prices. Under this scheme, the Government will lend you 40% of the purchase price interest-free for the first five years. You still only need a 5% cash deposit and then a 55% loan-to-value mortgage to make up the rest.

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