Whether you’re a first time buyer or you’re moving on from your existing home, with Help to Buy, you can buy a new home with just 5% deposit.

 

Who can benefit from Help to Buy?

 

Help to Buy is available to both first time buyers and existing home owners alike and means you can buy a new home with a low 5% deposit.

 

• If you’re a first time buyer we know how difficult it is to raise a large deposit to purchase your first home. With Help to Buy you’ll need to save just 5% deposit to get a mortgage, so you could purchase your first home sooner than you thought.
• If you’re an existing homeowner, you can use Help to Buy to trade up to a bigger property – even if you have limited equity in your current home, because you only need 5% deposit to move.

 

How does Help to Buy work?

 

The Help to Buy interest free equity loan is exclusively available on new build properties with a price tag of up to £600,000. The equity loan could reduce your mortgage repayments, making this an affordable option.

 

The Government will provide an equity loan of up to 20% of the value of your property and you’ll need to obtain a 75% mortgage.

 

With a 75% mortgage, your mortgage repayments could be more affordable if you buy a home using the Help to Buy scheme.

 

With the Help to Buy equity loan scheme:

 

• Both first time buyers and existing home owners are eligible.
• You will only need a 5% deposit to purchase your new home.
• The Government will lend you up to 20% of the value of your new build home via an equity loan.
• The equity loan is interest free for the first five years.
• You may only need to secure up to a 75% mortgage.
• The Help to Buy equity loan can be repaid at any time or on the sale of your home.

 

Looking for more information?

 

Please contact our sales team on 0118 950 8366 or sales@darcliffehomes.com to enquire whether a particular property will be available under Help to Buy, or visit https://www.helptobuy.gov.uk/ for further informaiton about the scheme.