Shared Ownership Valuations
Numerous developments have been sold over the past decade offering owners either the option to own a percentage of the property or to take out an equity loan against part of it. In either case, when the property is sold, the percentage which the leaseholder does not own or has a loan against will need to be valued in accordance with the RICS Red Book.
Help to Buy
The Government’s Help to Buy Loan Scheme has been running since April 2013 and is open to first-time buyers and home movers of new-build homes in England up to a purchase price of £600,000. The purchaser is lent up to 20% of the cost of the home leaving just a 5% deposit and a lender willing to offer a 75% mortgage.
This not only means that it is easier to raise the funds for a 5% deposit but lenders should also be able to offer more competitive rates than they otherwise would have. In good news for those inside the M25, 2015’s Autumn Statement increased the equity loan it gives new buyers within Greater London from 20% to 40%.
No interest is paid on the 20% (or 40%) loan for the first five years. In the sixth year a fee of 1.75% of the loan’s value is charged. After this, the fee will increase every year using the Retail Prices Index plus 1%.
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