What is Help to Buy?
The Government’s Help to Buy Equity Loan initiative in St Leonards-on-Sea allows eligible people to buy properties with as little as a 5% deposit. The maximum purchase price of any property you buy is £600,000.
The Government provides you with a loan of up to 20% of the property's purchase price and you have to secure a mortgage for the remaining 75%.
For properties in the London area, the London Help to Buy scheme operates. It is broadly the same as the Help to Buy Equity Loan, except the Government provides a loan of up to 40% of the purchase price, to reflect the higher property prices in London, so a mortgage must be secured for the remaining 55% of the purchase price.
Help to Buy St Leonards-on-Sea - Who is the local agent?
The choice of properties in St Leonards-on-Sea which you can buy using the Help to Buy initiative can be found out about by contacting your local Help to Buy agent. You can find out their contact details by enquiring to the Hastings Borough Council, Hastings Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1QR, telephone 01424 451066.