If you are still trying to save the deposit for your new home, the news that Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed plans to launch another government-backed 95 per cent Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme in the Budget, open to all buyers is likely to be good news.
The scheme will be open to home buyers with a five per cent deposit, not just first-time buyers, for properties worth up to £600,000. It has been largely modelled on the previous Help to Buy scheme launched in 2013 to help lenders transition back in to the market, and is open to second hand properties not just new-builds.
Sunak confirmed the UK’s biggest banks are poised to lend on the scheme from mid-April and include Lloyds, NatWest, Santander, Barclays and HSBC with Virgin Money readying to launch in May.
All mortgages will need to be repayment, not interest-only, on a loan to value of between 91 to 95 per cent and are subject to the usual affordability rules. All participating lenders will also be required to offer a five-year fixed rate product as part of its guaranteed range of mortgages.
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