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The Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme is closed to new applications. Your Help to Buy reservation and purchase must be legally complete by 31st March 2023.
As of October 2022, the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme is closed to new applicants. There are still a couple of schemes that offer buyers the opportunity to purchase their new home with just a 5% deposit as well as Shared Ownership.
The Government’s Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee scheme help buyers with small deposits (5% or over) on properties up to £600,000.
Deposit Unlock has been developed by the Home Builders Federation to help first time buyers and home movers buy a new build home with a 5% deposit. With Deposit Unlock, the maximum loan size you can take out is £750,000, although it does vary by lender.
The Help to Buy: Equity Loan was a Government scheme for first-time buyers first introduced in 2013. The scheme allowed first-time buyers to buy a new build home with a deposit of just 5%.
The scheme closed to new applications at the end of October 2022. Any existing reservations and purchases must be legally complete by 31st March 2023.
If you can’t quite afford the mortgage on 100% of a home, Help to Buy: Shared Ownership offers you the chance to buy a share of your home (between 25% and 75% of the home’s value) and pay a monthly rent on the remaining share.
You could buy a home through Help to Buy: Shared Ownership in England if:
The government backed Mortgage Guarantee scheme is designed to help buyers with a 5% deposit buy a home. It was launched to increase the availability of 95% LTV mortgages, as the government will partially compensate the lender if a homeowner fails to pay their mortgage. Mortgages offered under the scheme must be repayment mortgages. The scheme runs until December 2022.
A 95% Loan to Value mortgage is a secured loan that covers 95% of a property’s value. You’ll need to provide a deposit for the remaining 5%. They can be good for those who may struggle with a higher deposit such as first time buyers, however typically come with higher interest rates.
The government website Own your Home provides further details and guidance on which scheme might be the best to help you own your home.
YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE.
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