Help-to-Buy scheme still 'vital' for first-time buyers’ market

“The Help-to-Buy scheme being kept into this year is a huge benefit for the first-time buyers’ market,” says one leading property commentator

The renewal of the HTB Scheme will be vital for a large number of first-time buyers who would otherwise have been unable to afford it.

Since its inception in 2017, the Government’s Help-to-Buy (HTB) scheme has been of enormous benefit to the first-time buyers’ market.

Even if the supply of houses has not been adequate, the introduction and annual renewal of the scheme since then has meant that the dream of owning one’s own home has been kept alive for a large number of first-time buyers who would otherwise have been unable to afford it.