Help to Buy (Scotland)

Cost of living crisis: find out what help is available

The Help to Buy (Scotland) schemes are now closed. The Low Cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT) continues to be available to support prospective buyers.

Guidance for homebuying professionals

We have produced documentation and guidance for professionals using the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme:

Registers of Scotland development plan approval

Registers of Scotland has developed a development plan approval service. The service provides support throughout the stages of registering new developments. You can search for approved developments on its website.

Funding and monitoring information

We collect information to monitor the Help to Buy (Scotland) Fund. This includes a regular report on the number of sales and financial information associated with this, the monitoring information report and a report on the characteristics of those who have participated in the fund. Monitoring information for the previous Help to Buy Scotland scheme is also available. These data are not Official Statistics or National Statistics and they have been collated by Scottish Government as management information for the purposes of policy monitoring only.

Monitoring Information report

Characteristics of households

Scottish Government Return on Help to Buy (Scotland)

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