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Help to Buy
The Help to Buy scheme is made up of two parts:
The equity loan scheme - for newly built property
This scheme started on 1 April 2013 and will run for three years. It will be available in England only. The Welsh and Scottish Governments and the Northern Ireland Assembly will have funding for similar schemes.
Under the loan scheme, if you have at least a 5% deposit and want to buy a newly-built home, you can apply for a loan worth up to 20% of the value of the property. So you will only need to take out a mortgage for 75% of the cost of the property.
The loan is funded by the Government and will be interest-free for the first five years. After that, you will pay a fee of 1.75%, which rises in line with inflation. You can repay some of the equity loan without selling your home. You will have pay back the equity loan when you sell the property or when the mortgage period comes to an end - whichever comes first.
Help to Buy
replaces a previous scheme - FirstBuy
Help to Buy loans are available to movers as well as first-time buyers.
You can apply for the scheme via participating house builders or through a 'Home Buy agent'.
The mortgage
guarantee scheme - for newly built and
existing property.
It will be available throughout the UK.
The mortgage guarantee part of the Help to Buy scheme is designed to help you get a mortgage, if you only have a small deposit.
One of the problems experienced by people looking for a mortgage is that most mortgages - and the lowest interest rates - are only available to those people who need to borrow 75% or less of the value of their property. If you're looking to borrow 90% or 95% there are only a very few expensive deals around.
However, under the scheme, if you have a deposit of between 5% and 20%, mortgage lenders will be able to buy a guarantee from the Government that will compensate them if you default on your mortgage. So, in other words, with some of the risk removed, your mortgage company should be able to lend you the money to cover 90-95% of the purchase price of a property.
Some key advantages of the scheme:
Some key areas to be aware of under the scheme:
NewBuy
The NewBuy scheme is designed to help you buy a newly-built home by offering a mortgage of up to 95% of the property's value.
It's aimed at first-time buyers and those who already own a home but who only have a small deposit saved. It's only available in England.
You can get it on properties priced £500,000 or less.
The property being purchased must be built by a builder taking part in the scheme.