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Home ownership schemes
First-time buyer?
You could be eligible for help to buy a home through a low-cost home ownership scheme
Low-cost home ownership schemes - a guide
A guide to all the low-cost home ownership schemes available if you are a council or housing association tenant, key worker or first-time buyer
Who qualifies as a key worker
Find out whether you qualify as a key worker to get help to buy a home
Find a HomeBuy agent in your area
Contact details for HomeBuy agents who administer HomeBuy schemes
New Build HomeBuy scheme
How to get help to buy a home through the New Build HomeBuy scheme
HomeBuy Direct
Details of a scheme offering an 'equity loan' of up to 30 per cent if you are a first time buyer who can't afford a mortgage
Rent to HomeBuy scheme
Details of the Rent to HomeBuy scheme, which may allow you to rent and then buy a newly built home
Social HomeBuy - shared ownership of your council or housing association property
How the scheme works and who can apply
Right to Acquire - help to buy your housing association home
Find out if you are eligible for the Right to Acquire scheme
The Right to Buy scheme
What the scheme is, who is eligible, and details of the application process
