Current Owners
Shared Owners
If you already own a share in a property through a registered provider, you can buy more shares in your home, as and when you can afford to do so, and can eventually own it outright, a process known as ‘staircasing’. You are also able to sell your share if you wish to move. Please follow the links below to find out more
Selling your shared ownership property
HomeBuy Direct or First Time Buyer Initiative Owners
Housing Options Plus was appointed as the National HomeBuy Agent by the Homes and Communities Agency. The role of Housing Options Plus covers all post-sale administration and enquiries relating to HomeBuy Direct and the First Time Buyers Initiative. This includes:
• Repayment collection
• Fee collection (when they become payable)
• Staircasing (increasing your entitlement to a share of the future sale proceeds)
• Repaying the Homes and Communities Agency/developer and removing the second charges on your property
• Remortgages approval, permission for further advances and transfers of ownership
• Annual fee statements
If you have any queries relating to your HomeBuy Direct or First Time Buyers Initiative purchase please contact Housing Options Plus:
• Website: www.myfirsthome.org.uk
• Tel: 0845 470 0121
• Post: Housing Options Plus The Grange, 100 High Street, London, N14 6PW
