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A Condensed Review Of Homebuy And Shared Ownership

This is a follow up to an article written by the media centre at UploadAproperty, a for sale by owner website, so we will only fleetingly run over the main points offer various Homebuy schemes.

The purpose of the scheme is to make the purchasing of a property more affordable and to allow the first time buyer to acquire that first step on the property ladder, all the various shared ownership schemes are the initiative of the Government under the umbrella of Homebuy, Homebuy was originally designed to help around ten thoousand people to get on the first run of the housing ladder this in turn will also help participating construction companies by enabling them to sell there property to first time buyers, Homebuy has a budget of around £300m from local Government and communities funding.

Homebuy and the shared ownership schemes are administer mainly by locally established Housing associations and aimed towards those who can not afford to secure a property without assistance, usually the housing association will have a number of properties on there books to which potential buyers who are eligible can view and if interested can put an offer in to buy, the buyer can then apply to buy up to 75% of that property’s value, the buyer will then be required to pay rent on the outstanding percentage of the final purchase price. In some cases they will allow a buyer to purchse a property they found through an agent or a for sale by owner site, in these cases the property will only be accepted onto the scheme after it has been proven to meet the necessary criteria i.e.: surveyors report and the securing of financing.

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Again these schemes are targeted towards those have no other way to purchse a property unless they have help, applicants are usually those who are in housing need and priority given to those on the particular housing association list or for those in the housing associations local authority.
The Homebuy scheme can be fill with bureaucracy which can make it a drawn out process but rewarding when the buyer finally exchanges contracts.

When the time comes to move on the property would ordinarily sell in one of two ways, first port of call would be to sell your percentage of the property back to the housing association which they will intern re-advertise to others on the Homebuy scheme, or you could market the property yourself through an agent or a by owner site.

Maintenance and repairs are normally the responsibility of the occupier to that property, even though the occupier only own a share in a property it is normal practice for the lease to state that all future maintenance and repair to the property are the responsibility of the occupier.

This is just a brief look at the shared ownership scheme, for a more in depth article on the various the types of shared ownership schemes that are available go to our for sale by owner site and read the Homeby articles and a full list of UKs the Homebuy agents.

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