Help To Buy Valuations

A surveyor’s role in a Help to Buy valuation is essential for both buyers and lenders participating in the Help to Buy scheme, which is a government program aimed at assisting people in purchasing homes.

Introduction

What is a Help to Buy Valuation?

Help to Buy is a government scheme that allows you to share ownership of your new home with the government; the purchaser must meet the government’s required criteria. The Help to Buy scheme loans you a proportion of the property’s value instead of a set amount of money. Once you decide to sell the house or repay the government loan, you will need to get an independent valuation for the property on the scheme. The amount to repay or sell the home will vary depending on the property’s value at the current moment in time.

Your Target HCA Compliance Report

You must have a RICS registered valuation surveyor carry out the Target HCA part of the redemption process on the Help to Buy scheme. Whether you have sold or are redeeming your loan, Target requires the Help to Buy Valuation to establish the property’s market value.

Your Valuation Report

Help to Buy loans are managed on behalf of the government by a company called Target. Winfields Surveyors meet all of the Target Help to Buy valuation criteria:

We are RICS Certified Help to Buy Surveyors and Valuers.

Valuations are carried out in accordance with RICS Valuation Standards (Red Book).

We are completely independent from any estate agency.

Our report will be on headed paper, will be signed by a member of the RICS and addressed to Target HCA.

We carry out a full conflict of interest check upon inspection to ensure no conflicts exist.

We will inspect the interior and exterior of the building and provide a full report.

The inspection date will be shown on the report.

Help to Buy surveyor valuations carried out by Winfields Surveyors also comply with the RICS 'Red Book' – a guidance document that sets out high professional and ethical standards for property valuations.

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Acceptance Rate

The criteria for the valuation is strict and Target will reject incorrect/incomplete reports. We have carried out hundreds with zero rejections.

We have a 100% acceptance rate because we were initially appointed as a preferred RICS Surveyor for the repayment scheme. Our valuation report is specifically designed for this redemption process.

Our RICS Help to Buy Valuation covers the required criteria for redemption from Target. What sets us apart is the advice we give our clients. As part of the Valuation service, we will advise how to repay the Help to Buy loan.

The RICS Valuation is a crucial part, but knowing what to submit and understanding what is required by Target is too. The advice we give clients on the telephone and the submissions have led us to have hundreds of successful redemptions.

We most commonly get asked, ‘How do I pay back my Loan?’ We can quickly help answer this. We can provide a comprehensive and unmatched service using a mix of experience, expert understanding, and our tailored Help to Buy Valuations.

Sending your report to Target

When your report is complete you must email it to Target HCA along with a filled in form called the Target Customer Information Pack.

You can download the form here.

There is also an application fee

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Top quality service by Tom and his team for assisting with our help to buy survey. Reliable, friendly and efficient, highly recommend and will use again!
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Fantastic experience in organising our valuation report for Help to Buy. Contacted them via email and the lovely Lisa responded super quickly and with a great price. We had the valuation booked in for the very next day and the valuation report in our inbox that same night! Couldn't recommend Winfields more - I wish more companies were like this!
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Help to Buy is a government scheme that allows you to share ownership of your new home with the government; the purchaser must meet the government’s required criteria. The Help to Buy scheme loans you a proportion of the property’s value instead of a set amount of money. Once you decide to sell the house or repay the government loan, you will need to get an independent valuation for the property on the scheme. The amount to repay or sell the home will vary depending on the property’s value at the current moment in time.

You will need a help to buy valuation if you are looking to sell your property, redeem the loan (with or without finance), or if you wish to back the loan either in cash or incorporate it into a new mortgage.

It’s very similar to a mortgage valuation where come and visit your home before using our local market knowledge to put a value on your property. We will research the values of similar property and take into account market conditions.

Our operating hours are 9 am -5.30 pm, 5 days a week. We will always try to find a slot for you that works.

Depending on how big your property is, our inspection, on average, takes 30 minutes. This doesn’t include a tea break.

We like to visit Help to Buy valuations within 2 working days and sometimes sooner dependent on location and availability. The report itself will take no more than 30 minutes and we send you a copy within 48 hours.

Remember it is only valid for 3 months. After that, we will need to reconfirm the valuation and if after 6 months we may need to perform a new report. Also, the longer you leave it, your property may go up in value which will mean that your Help to Buy valuation will be higher.

Once you have successfully submitted a valid Help to Buy valuation report you will receive an estimated repayment quote. This will include details of any arrears and your daily interest payment rate to allow your solicitor to calculate an accurate final repayment sum.

All of our desktop top-up valuations are £75.00 plus VAT. If we did not carry out the initial inspection, we would have to charge you the total price to carry out a new report.

All our valuations are carried out by RICS Registered Valuers who are qualified up to the latest standards. We have a 100% success rate of submissions to Target HCA.

Our Help to Buy Valuation Reports are based on our professional intelligence and market experience. Our valuations are always a fair reflection of the current market value. That said, we are always open to hearing your views on the value of your property and if you feel there has been a mistake or something we need to look into. Just get in contact we are a friendly family-run business, and customer satisfaction is always a priority.

A Help to Buy Valuation Report is a complicated document that we prepare on your behalf

Process

How it Works

This is also known as loan redemption. The repayment amount you will be required to pay is calculated as a proportion (percentage) of either the current market value or the agreed sale price of your home (whichever is higher).

Redeem Without Selling

In this scenario you will be looking to repay (redeem) your loan in part or in full without selling your property.

Redeem When You Sell

If you sell the property your loan is secured against, you will need to repay your loan in full. The repayment amount is calculated based on current market value or agreed sale price (whichever is higher).

Staircasing Without a Loan

In this scenario you are looking to staircased (buy a larger share) of your home without taking out an additional mortgage loan.

Staircasing With Another Loan

In this scenario you will be looking to repay (redeem) your loan in part by taking out another loan secured on your property with another lender.

You will need a Help to Buy Valuation Report.

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Contact

Help To Buy Valuation Specialists

To get a quick Help To Buy Valuation, please fill out the form below and someone will be in touch to arrange a suitable date to attend your property.