The Help to Buy Scheme

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 17 July 2019.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 2:55, 17 July 2019

The UK Government made a statement about the future of Help to Buy at least in England last autumn, and I think the lack of certainty is becoming more and more difficult for house builders in terms of their planning, whichever way the decision goes. I wonder, as the Welsh Government funds this scheme, whether it expects to make a profit on the eventual resale of houses, or whether it's concerned that first-time buyers may be putting themselves at risk of negative equity through paying so much more for new homes.