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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Meghann Murdock

Mortgage guarantee scheme extended: initiative to help buyers with small deposits will run until December 2023

More than 24,000 households used the scheme from April 2021 to November 2022

(Picture: Matt Writtle)

The mortgage guarantee scheme — the initiative designed to turn generation rent into generation buy by helping first-time buyers get a foothold on the property ladder — has been extended for 12 months, the Government has announced.

Launched in April 2021, the scheme protects lenders against losses when lending to first-time buyers and movers with low deposits.

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