New First-Time Buyer Fund Offering £10k Deposit Launches as Buyers Urged to Apply Now

New first-time buyer fund offering £10k deposit launches as buyers urged to apply now

Scotland's First Homes Fund is now open, offering up to £10,000 towards a deposit for first-time buyers. Here's who can apply and how the…

First Homes Fund Opens to Help Highland Buyers Get on Property Ladder

First time buyers across the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to take advantage of a new Scottish Government scheme designed to help more people purchase their first home. The First Homes Fund has now opened for applications, offering eligible first time buyers a £10,000 contribution towards their deposit as part of a wider £500 million commitment aimed at making home ownership more accessible. The fund delivers on a key Scottish Gover…

Scottish Building Society backs new First Home Fund for first-time buyers

Scottish Building Society has become one of the first lenders to support the Scottish Government’s new First Home Fund, which offers eligible buyers a £10,000 shared equity contribution towards a home purchase.

First Homes Fund opens

First time buyers encouraged to apply Up to 2,000 households could be supported to make their step on to the property ladder in the first 100 days of this Government through the First Homes Fund. The first phase of the shared-equity scheme, which offers first-time buyers a £10,000 contribution towards a deposit, is now open. Over the course of this Parliament it is expected around 50,000 households will benefit from the £500 million scheme. The …

Scottish Government launches scheme to help first-time buyers

The Scottish Government has said it aims to reach about 50,000 buyers over the course of the Parliament with a planned £500m scheme.

Interest-free £10k deposit scheme opens

Housing Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville says the scheme is to help Scotland's first-time buyers onto the property ladder.