First Home Grant

2022 - 5 - 19

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Budget 2022: First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up (New Zealand Herald)

For aspiring first-home buyers, price and income caps will now be reviewed every six months. House price caps will be removed entirely from the ...

"It's got to be a total package. "Any house being built on Māori land is a good start for us. "The Budget increase to the First-Home Grants and First-Home Loans is an admission that this Government has pushed up house prices and they're now pouring more fuel on the fire." A construction sector support fund announced in response to Covid-19 and worth $350 million will now be repurposed, with $200 million of that fund redirected to grants for more affordable housing. - Budget 2022: What's in it for you - $1 billion to tackle ... In Christchurch, the cap will rise from $550,000 to $750,000. The first-home grant price cap in Auckland will rise from $700,000 to $875,000. In Tauranga, the old cap was also $600,000 but now it will be $875,000. The Kāinga Whenua loan cap will jump from $200,000 to $500,000 to provide more options for people buying a home on Māori land, Woods added. In today's Budget, the Government said $1 billion was needed to help existing and planned public and transitional housing through rent subsidies and rising operational costs. The Government will also support some not-for-profit groups with funds to deliver affordable homes. First-home grants are available for single buyers who earn up to $95,000 a year, or for joint buyers or single buyers with one or more dependents earning up to $150,000.

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Budget 2022 housing: Government increases first home buyer grant ... (Newshub)

House price caps are being removed from the Government's First Home Loan scheme and significantly increased for grants to account for the meteoric rise in ...

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Budget makes it easier for first home buyers to access First Home ... (Interest.co.nz)

The house price caps on both new and existing homes has been removed entirely for the First Home Loan scheme, however income caps for borrowers would remain.

I am very much a - more benefits exist with owning a home vs fewer benefits exist with renting a home...provided the rent you would pay is equal to or greater than what you would pay to own a house - buying a house is better. I am very much a - more benefits exist with owning a home vs fewer benefits exist with renting a home...provided the rent you would pay is equal to or greater than what you would pay to own a house - buying a house is better. Have I got this right - all this means is that the price cap to get a 10k grant…. The number of these loans is 2,500 per year, so there are control measures and restrictions. The entire first home loan system is designed to be a price floor for the market. Yes a measly 10k… Increasing the caps and having no restrictions with accessing Kiwisaver for buying a house is good...although some will say that you are robbing your future self. Also purchasing a home and raising your family there that is passed onto your children has much more benefits than just purely financial. And I would go so far as to allow an increase in the term of mortgage provided it achieved the previously mentioned statement. Price subsidies. Rental yield subsidies. The current caps for the First Home Grant also range from $400,000 to $625,000 for existing properties, and will increase to $400,000 to $875,000 depending on location.

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First-home buyer loan scheme shaken up in Budget 2022 (Newstalk ZB)

First home grant house price caps jump, by as much as $275000-Covid industry support package modified to fund affordable housing For aspiring first-home.

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Budget 2022: Cap on First Home Loan scheme scrapped (1 News)

Caps on first home grants have also been increased in most major cities, including Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown.

It was meant to support the construction sector through the initial pandemic lockdown but ended up not being used. An additional $75m of total operating funding will go towards the homelessness action plan and $355m of total operating funding will fund changes in the emergency housing system to deliver improved housing outcomes. Of the total, $294m would go into grants and underwrites, $6m for administration and the remaining $50m for low-interest grants. Another $1b of total operating funding would be allocated to support increasing the stock of public and transitional housing. According to Trade Me’s March rental price index, the amount of rent tenants pay has risen by roughly 7% in the past year to the end of March and now sits at around $575 a week. The first stage of the fund would offer $50m worth of grant funding to not-for-profit organisations to deliver affordable rental housing in Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, Napier/Hastings, Wellington and Nelson/Tasman.

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Budget 2022: House price caps off First Home Loans, rise on First ... (Stuff.co.nz)

There will be no price cap for First Home Loans, and First Home Grant caps are increased, against a backdrop of a cooling but still expensive housing ...

In Tauranga the cap will be $800,000 for an existing property and $875,000 for a new build. There was a $500,000 cap for the rest of the country. Income caps and lender requirements are sufficient to ensure that the First Home Loan is used by buyers who need support for a first home." In Christchurch the cap rises to $550,000 for existing properties and $750,000 for new builds. In Wellington, the cap rises to $750,000 for existing properties and $925,000 for new builds. In Queenstown-Lakes, the grant cap will lift to $875,000 for existing properties and $925,000 for new builds.

More Support For First Home Buyers And Renters | Scoop News (Scoop.co.nz)

House price caps for First Home Grants increased in many parts of the country · House price caps for First Home Loans removed entirely · Kāinga Whenua Loan ...

“This fund will initially help address the needs of New Zealanders who struggle to meet the cost of a market rental but can’t access public housing. The changes to the First Home Grant take effect from 19 May 2022. Income caps and lender requirements are sufficient to ensure that the First Home Loan is used by buyers who need support for a first home.

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The new First Home Loan and First Home Grant price caps explained (OneRoof)

Who are the biggest winners from the Budget 2022 changes?, All things property, under OneRoof.

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Budget 2022: Cap on First Home Loan scheme scrapped (1 News)

Budget 2022 puts in place an affordable housing fund, a new programme the Government said is designed to meet people's rental costs if they can't get access ...

It was meant to support the construction sector through the initial pandemic lockdown but ended up not being used. An additional $75m of total operating funding will go towards the homelessness action plan and $355m of total operating funding will fund changes in the emergency housing system to deliver improved housing outcomes. Of the total, $294m would go into grants and underwrites, $6m for administration and the remaining $50m for low-interest grants. Another $1b of total operating funding would be allocated to support increasing the stock of public and transitional housing. According to Trade Me’s March rental price index, the amount of rent tenants pay has risen by roughly 7% in the past year to the end of March and now sits at around $575 a week. The first stage of the fund would offer $50m worth of grant funding to not-for-profit organisations to deliver affordable rental housing in Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, Napier/Hastings, Wellington and Nelson/Tasman.

House price caps off First Home Loans - Good Returns (goodreturns.co.nz)

The Government is to make it easier for more people to get into housing. Thursday, May 19th 2022, 2:01PM. by Eric Frykberg. Its Budget 2022 raises thresholds ...

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