Shared equity could be the key to owning your own home!

What is shared equity?

The Scottish Government’s LIFT shared equity schemes help people on low incomes who wish to own their home but can't afford to pay the full price for a house. We run LIFT in several parts of Scotland.

Through LIFT, you can buy a home in partnership with us. You pay between 60 and 80 per cent of the price of a home and we pay for the rest using a Government grant.

Shared equity mainly helps first-time buyers but it can help others too. For example, if you are looking for a new home after a significant change in your household circumstances or if a disability means you need to move to more suitable housing, we could give you a LIFT into home ownership!

There are two types of LIFT shared equity scheme:

Open Market Shared Equity

Help with buying any home available for sale on the open market that falls within a given price range

More about LIFT Open Market Shared Equity »

The New Supply Shared Equity scheme

Help to buy a new Link home that we have built specifically for shared equity sale

More about the LIFT New Supply Shared Equity Scheme »

Page last updated on Monday, 27 April 2009