As a Help to Buy agent, we help to deliver two separate schemes:
- Help to Buy: Equity Loan
- Shared ownership
The schemes are run by the government. They are designed to make it more affordable for people to own their own homes.
Help to Buy: Equity Loan is a government scheme that allows you to borrow a low-interest loan to put towards the cost of purchasing a newly built home.
The equity loan is for the value of up to 20% of the purchase price for homes that are outside of London. For homes inside London, the equity loan is up to 40% of the purchase price.
You add the equity loan to the deposit you have saved and to the amount you need to borrow on a repayment mortgage. Together these cover the total cost of buying your newly built home.
Learn more about Help to Buy: Equity Loan
Shared ownership helps you to buy a home if you cannot afford all of the deposit and mortgage payments for a home that meets your needs. You buy a share between 10% and 75% of the home’s full market value, and pay rent on the remaining share.
Most shared ownership homes require an initial share purchase between 25% and 75%. When homes are available for sale under the new model for shared ownership, shares will be available from 10%. A limited number of these homes will be available in 2021. More will become available from 2022 onwards.
There are shared ownership schemes designed for specific groups of people:
Learn more about shared ownership
Please remember, your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage or other loans secured against it.
Please note: If you want to apply for shared ownership in London, please visit Homes for Londoners.
