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04.08.2022

First-time buyers using help-to-buy scheme must reserve property by end of October 2022!

Nadia Khan DipPFS Cert CII (MP)

Nadia Khan DipPFS Cert CII (MP)

Wren Sterling

Financial Adviser, Mortgage Adviser, Will & Estate Planner, Investment & Wealth Manager, Pension Adviser

First-time buyers who want to take advantage of the government’s help-to-buy scheme will have to reserve a property by the end of October 2022, it has emerged – two months earlier than had been expected.

The scheme, which offers an equity loan to buyers to enable them to buy a new-build property with a deposit of just 5%, is set to end in March 2023 – a decade after it was launched to kickstart the housing market after the financial crisis.

Buyers must complete their purchase by then, so the deadline for applications was expected to be at the end of this year.

The move to set it earlier, has been briefed to developers but not widely publicised.

Homes England, which runs the scheme, changed the guidance on its website on 20th May 2022. Application will now close at 6pm on 31 October 2022.

The help to buy scheme was launched by George Osborne in 2013 in a bid to restart the ailing housing market. Initially there were two parts, a mortgage guarantee and the equity loan scheme, and they were available to all homebuyers.

In London, buyers can take a government loan worth up to 40% of a purchase price up to £600,000, while elsewhere they can borrow 20%. Outside the capital the price cap ranges between £186,100 and £437,600.

The loans are interest-free for the first five years. They can be repaid at any time, but must be settled when the home is sold, or the mortgage is paid off.

Mortgages
property
Help to buy mortgages
London property

Nadia Khan DipPFS Cert CII (MP)

Nadia Khan DipPFS Cert CII (MP)

Wren Sterling

Financial Adviser, Mortgage Adviser, Will & Estate Planner, Investment & Wealth Manager, Pension Adviser

I am an Independent Financial and Mortgage Adviser and have worked in Financial Services for over 12 years. During my career I gained experience in assisting both individual and corporate clients.…

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