Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme
Announced in the March 2021 budget, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme is available from April 2021 and offers the chance for first time buyers, as well as existing homeowners, to obtain a mortgage loan of 95% of the value of a property, provided they can raise a deposit for the remaining 5%.
As it’s a high amount, lenders are being incentivised by the government (through a guarantee system that compensates them for a portion of their losses in the event of foreclosure) to encourage them to make the funds available to borrow.
It applies to any property under the value of £600,000, a new build or an older property, and is not restricted to first time buyers as some schemes are.