New Build HomeBuy is a simple, affordable way to own a brand new home without taking out a huge mortgage.
 
How does it work?
You buy an initial share in your home – usually between 40% and 75% – and pay a discounted rent on the rest. The share that you buy will be the most you can afford based on our assessment.
 
Then, as your finances allow, you can buy further shares in your home, as and when you choose, until you own it outright.
 
What are the costs?
Before you decide to buy, you need to consider all the initial costs, which include a reservation fee, valuation fee, legal fees and a mortgage arrangement fee (if applicable). Then, once you have bought your home, your ongoing costs will include your mortgage, rent, insurance, service charges, repairs, utility bills and council tax.
 
Buying more shares
You can buy more shares at any time once you have purchased..
 
Home improvements
Before you carry out any work, you must get written approval from us, and in some cases also from your mortgage lender. You may also need planning permission and building regulations approvals.
 
Selling your home
You can sell your home at any time. First we will try to find a buyer for you, but if we have not found one after a certain period of time (usually four to eight weeks), you can sell it on the open market.

If you own your home outright and decide to sell it, you must first offer it back to us at its market value at the time of sale. This applies for 21 years once you have bought all the shares in your home.
 
Registering for New Build HomeBuy
In order to be eligible for a New Build HomeBuy home, you will need to register with the HomeBuy agent for the area you want to live in:
 
Berkshire, Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire
Catalyst
Web: www.catalysthomebuy.org.uk
Telephone: 0845 601 7729
 
Hampshire
HomesinHants
Web: www.homesinhants.co.uk
Telephone: 02380 628000
 
Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, or the West Country
SouthWest Homes
Web: www.southwesthomes.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 100 0021
 
 

You can download our step-by-step guide to buying a New Build HomeBuy property here.


 
Interested? Contact us now.