Help to Buy - Wales

Help to Buy – Wales provides a shared equity loan to buyers of new-build homes. The scheme supports the purchase of homes bought through a registered Help to Buy – Wales builder such as Lovell Homes. 

As of 1 April 2023, all homes sold through the scheme need to meet a minimum of EPC B and the purchase price cap is £300,000.

Details of the Help to Buy - Wales scheme can be found on the Gov.Wales website.

How does the scheme work?

The Help to Buy - Wales scheme is backed by the Welsh Government and is designed to make buying your own home easier, with the help of a shared equity loan. The Government-supported scheme is a way of helping more people across Wales to become property owners, which means that the new Lovell home you’ve been dreaming about is now within reach.

The scheme is available on new build properties up to £300,000, as long as they’ll be used as your main home. You’ll need a 5% deposit to secure your home. The government will provide up to 20% of the value of the property in an equity loan, meaning you only need a 75% mortgage from a bank or building society.

The maximum amount you can borrow with the shared equity loan with Help to Buy Wales is £60,000, and there is no minimum amount.

The equity loan can be repaid at any time and will be interest-free for the first five years. After that, interest will be charged at 1.75% of the equity loan, rising annually by Retail Prices Index plus 1%.

The loan is repayable after 25 years, or on the sale of your property if that happens first. The total amount repaid by you will be the percentage of the market value of your home that was funded by the shared equity loan, as well as interest and charges. For more information, see our factsheet here. 

For more information visit the Welsh Government website here.