Guarantees worth up to PS12bn will be offered to try to UNLOCK PS130bn of
high loan to value mortgage lending.
"An upturn in the number of
high loan to value mortgage products for first-time buyers this year, including housebuilder and Government-backed shared equity schemes, has helped in making home ownership a reality for many thousands of people previously shut out by the banks," added Mr Lees.
David Ritchie, chief executive of Bovis Homes, said: "In the current market, the ability of purchasers, especially first-time buyers, to access
high loan to value mortgage finance has been severely curtailed.
Philip said: "Because of the banking crisis, banks had become very nervous about giving
high loan to value mortgages.
This helps lenders to offer more and better rates of interest on
high loan to value mortgages (80-95%).
This decline was not anticipated and is said to be a reaction to a new policy from the Bank of England in its effort to limit the number of
high loan to value mortgages, introduced at the end of June.
The Welsh Government and house-builders will act as guarantors so that buyers can secure
high loan to value mortgages, contributing just a 5% deposit.
Rather than making funding directly available to buyers, the Welsh Government and house builders will act as guarantors so that buyers can secure
high loan to value mortgages which would not otherwise be available to them.
And some great fixed rate deals and
high loan to value mortgages available mean it really is the time for buyers - particularly first timers - to make a move.
Well, because for all the problems with old-style MIGs, they did at least enable borrowers (and particularly first time buyers) to obtain the
high loan to value mortgages they needed.
Extending the scheme will provide a boost for first time buyers and can help avoid
high loan to value mortgages.