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By signing up to the government's mortgage indemnity scheme, Barclays, Nationwide and NatWest are all prepared to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder. Although the NewBuy scheme gives only 5% deposit access to mortgages to the first-time buyers, but critics doubt if it would benefit the buyers more than house builders. However, the government is positive about the NewBuy loan guarantee which has been designed to give new buyers an access to mortgages with even a 5% deposit, would relieve 100,000 people already frozen out of the property market and would support 50,000 construction jobs. According to the scheme, housing developers would pay the lender only 3.5% of the purchase price of a new-build property whereas the government would provide an additional guarantee of 5.5%.
It is also considered that Barclays, Nationwide and NatWest will be able to offer large mortgages on new-build homes without putting themselves in all of the risk.
They are also ensuring about their losses in case the property falls into negative equity or repossessed. The scheme is available for everyone and on flats and houses up to a maximum value of £500,000 in the UK only, for which a buyer would require only £10,000 instead of a £40,000 deposit for a £200,000 property. However, the government prefers the first-time buyers in particular to purchase their first home. According to the recent survey by Right move, 38% of first-timers are believed to buy within a year, and 24% of first-time sellers would probably buy once the scheme launches. Housing minister Grant Shapps also cleared that the 28,000 homebuyers have already registered their interest in NewBuy with builders. Halifax has planned to declare its own NewBuy products in April 2012, whereas Santander is also going to release its NewBuy mortgages by the end of June 2012.David Cameron also ensured that government keeps its promise to offer affordable mortgages to buyers who finds it difficult to raise the money to buy a newly built home. NewBuy is going to be a very important boost to the housing market which will offer the people good and affordable new homes. The construction industry has also welcomed the NewBuy scheme. Stewart Baseley of the Home Builders Federation assured that it would help thousands of first-time buyers and those unable to fulfill their desire to buy a new home. Get easy finance with the help of short term cash loans and get quick funds easily.
As per the NewBuy scheme, 95% loan-to-value mortgages on properties built will be offered by Barratt, Bellway, Bovis, Linden Homes, Persimmon, Redrow and Taylor Wimpey. While NatWest has fixed the rate of 4.29% for two years and at 4.99% for five years; Barclays will lend at the rates of 4.99% fixed for two years or 5.89% for four years; and Nationwide has fixed more expensive rate of 5.69% for three years and 5.99% for five years. However, the critics believe that it would prove benefit homebuilders more than the first-time buyers. According to Katy John of first-time buyer pressure group Priced Out, to be benefited with the scheme; the buyers will have to satisfy stringent lending criteria. He also suggested the builders to lower the prices to more affordable level in case they are unable to sell their properties.
Recommend Barclays nationwide and NatWest signed up for NewBuy scheme Issues
