New funding available for Help to Buy Equity Loan
October 3, 2017
News story from HM Treasury asnd The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP published on Gov.uk website headlines ‘£10 billion new funding for Help to Buy Equity Loan’.
New funding means that the Help to Buy Equity Loan could help around 135,000 more people to buy homes by 2021.
The new funding expands the government’s commitment to help people make their dream of owning a home a reality. The Chancellor has been clear that support for buyers must be matched with support for building so that, over the longer term, housing becomes more affordable.
Read the news story published 2nd October in full click here.
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