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Greenwich · Shared Ownership Resale
Share percentage 25%, full price £400,000
Greenwich · Shared Ownership Resale
Share percentage 25%, full price £400,000
Shared Ownership is an affordable home ownership scheme which makes it easier for eligible purchasers to get on the property ladder. Buyers get a mortgage for the share they can afford, and pay rent on the remaining share.
No – this is a common misconception but the ‘shared’ aspect of the scheme simply means you’re sharing ownership of your home with a housing association.
If you decide to buy a Shared Ownership home in Woolwich, you’re effectively purchasing a portion of your property. Your initial share will usually be between 25% to 75%, paying a mortgage on the part that you own and a below market value rent on the remaining share.
Yes – Shared Owners can choose to buy additional shares in their property by ‘staircasing’.
When buying a Shared Ownership home, you will initially purchase a minimum percentage somewhere between 25% to 75%. Down the line, if you find that your financial circumstances have changed, buyers will have the option to buy more shares.
If you choose to buy a higher percentage, your mortgage repayments will increase while the rent you pay will decrease. In the majority of cases there aren’t any restrictions and you can buy 100% of your home – in this instance, you would become the outright owner.
As a home-buying product aimed at helping those who can’t afford to purchase a property on the open market, there are certain requirements that buyers will need to meet to be considered eligible for Shared Ownership.
For example, there are caps on household income which means that you must earn less than £80,000 to be eligible for the scheme – or less than £90,000 if you would like to buy a home in London. The criteria also states that buyers must be at least 18 years of age and do not own another property either in the UK or abroad.
Shared Ownership properties enable you to put down a smaller deposit compared to those required on the open market – buyers will usually need to put down 5% to 10% of the share that they’re buying, rather than the full market value of the home.
On a monthly basis, buyers will be required to pay their mortgage, a subsidised rent and service charge on their home, however, these repayments often work out cheaper than or equal to renting privately in the same area. Other costs to consider when buying a home include solicitor and mortgage broker fees – you can find out more about these costs on Share to Buy.
Share to Buy lists thousands of Shared Ownership homes all across Woolwich and beyond – including new build properties and those available through resale.
Shared Ownership is available on a variety of homes including cosy studios, stylish apartments and traditional family homes. Check out our property search tool to start looking for your new home today!
The major providers of Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and other affordable ways to buy a home in Woolwich and nationwide have their homes listed on Share to Buy.
Share to Buy is the leading online portal for Shared Ownership properties. Established in 2004 as the UK’s first specialist online mortgage broker for affordable home ownership products, the site has since developed into a one stop shop for first time buyers, offering the country’s largest listing of Shared Ownership homes from many of the UK’s biggest housing providers.
Share to Buy is the nation’s biggest and best established affordable home ownership property portal, making it the ideal website for first time buyers looking to take that first step onto the property ladder.
Using our property search tool, you can search for homes that suit your needs via filters such as location, number of bedrooms, monthly outgoings and deposit amount. You can also set up alert preferences so you’ll be notified when new properties that meet your search are announced by email.
Acting as a one stop shop for first time buyers, Share to Buy also offers handy FAQs and guides, interactive mortgage tools, mortgage broker and conveyancing panels, and live events to help potential purchasers on their home-buying journey.
If you are a housing association or developer selling properties through Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and other affordable home ownership schemes, we can list your new build and resale homes on the Share to Buy property portal.
As well as working alongside Registered Providers, we also partner with private sellers who are looking to sell their current Shared Ownership home.
Find out more about advertising your Shared Ownership property on Share to Buy.
“We were delighted when our application was successful, we moved in a few months later and settled in really quickly. It definitely feels different now we are home owners, it’s so satisfying knowing we own this place. There is no doubt that Shared Ownership is a good way to get onto the housing ladder in London.”
“The huge number of properties listed on the Share to Buy website gave me a lot of choice all in one place, even with my limited budget. Shared Ownership meant I could afford a brand new home in Zone 3, which I didn’t think I would be able to manage in a million years for my first home.”
“From the moment I bought my first share, I knew that I wanted to staircase. A year after I moved in, I staircased to 75% and this past February I purchased the final share, and now I own my home 100% outright. I really do recommend Shared Ownership as a fantastic way to get into the housing market, it worked so well for me.”
If you’re a first-time buyer, you may feel worried that your ambitions for home ownership are beyond your reach. Thankfully, Shared Ownership homes in Woolwich could be the answer you are looking for to make that vital first step onto the property ladder possible. Similarly, Help to Buy homes in Woolwich are ideal for buyers looking to lay down roots in a location they will love for a lifetime.
Do you want to stay up to date with the latest Shared Ownership and Help to Buy properties in Woolwich? All you need to do is sign up to Share to Buy and then register to receive alerts when suitable properties become available in your desired destination.
Woolwich is positively brimming with potential. Planning development strategies have it pegged to become a major metropolitan centre in the next few decades, with the district being referred to as an ‘opportunity area’ in the London Plan. In other words, if there was ever a place with all the signs pointing towards future growth and a boom in popularity, this is it.
All this is, of course, extremely exciting, and we are fascinated to see how Woolwich evolves in the coming years. However, it’s important to remember that you aren’t going to have to wait decades for Woolwich to become a wonderful place to live: it’s already there. The progress it makes going forward should be thought of as another step in a long line of improvements and transformations that Woolwich has already gone through.
Woolwich began as a vital naval and industrial town and became part of London in the 19th century. Following an economic change in the 20th century, the town fell on hard times before bouncing back in recent years to become a truly modern district. Today, it’s positively brimming with markets, cafes, shops, pubs ad restaurant, alongside huge cultural developments. Examples of these include the Chickenshed Theatre, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, and the Greenwich Heritage Centre, to name but a few.
All of this has come together to help create newfound economic prosperity. This, alongside new transport links like Woolwich Arsenal Station – which opens up the rest of the country and provides even greater opportunities to its residents – all adds up to one of the most desirable areas to live in the country. Woolwich will change, but it’s already – and always has been – a truly special place to call home.
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