Shared Equity House Purchase

Shared Equity schemes – The First Home Fund relaunched on 1st April and 7 days later all the funding from the Scottish Government had been allocated and applications closed. If you were hoping to use this scheme to help with the purchase of your first home then have you considered the other shared equity schemes […]

Shared Equity Home Purchase Schemes

If you are looking to purchase a new home then there are a number of “shared equity” schemes available from the Scottish Government to assist and I have summarised below details of these shared equity schemes.  First Home Fund The Scottish Governments First Home Fund has proved very popular since its launch and has now […]

First Home Fund

What is the First Home Fund? The First Home Fund is a shared equity scheme run by the Scottish Government and aims to help first-time buyers purchase a property. Up to £25,000 is available to all first-time buyers towards the purchase of both new build and existing properties. A first-time buyer is anyone that does […]

LIFT – Open Market Shared Equity

The Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers – LIFT Open Market Shared Equity Scheme might be for you. Unlike the Help to Buy scheme which is only for new build homes from house builders the Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) scheme is for homes that are for sale on the Open Market. So if you […]