Mortgage & Property

Help to Buy Equity Loan Calculator

Calculate the management fees and repayment cost of your Help to Buy equity loan year by year.

Scheme Closed Oct 20225 Fee-Free Years1.75% pa from Year 6Repaid as % of Sale Price

For existing borrowers only. The Help to Buy equity loan scheme closed to new applicants on 31 October 2022. This calculator is for those who already hold an equity loan and want to understand their ongoing fees and repayment costs.

Loan details

The price you paid when you bought the property

20% outside London, up to 40% in London

Initial loan: £50,000

Affects the repayment amount (loan is repaid as % of sale price)

The management fee increases by RPI + 1% each April from year 7

When you plan to sell or remortgage

Loan repayment in year 10

£67,196

20% of £335,979 property value · £4,692 total fees paid

Initial loan

£50,000

At purchase

Total fees

£4,692

Years 6–10

Loan growth

+£17,196

Due to house price rises

Important: Due to property price growth, your repayment (£67,196) is £17,196 more than your original loan of £50,000. The equity loan is always repaid as a percentage of the current sale price, not the original amount.

Year-by-year schedule

YearProperty valueEquity loanAnnual feeMonthly fee
1 fee-free£257,500£51,500 N/A N/A
2 fee-free£265,225£53,045 N/A N/A
3 fee-free£273,182£54,636 N/A N/A
4 fee-free£281,377£56,275 N/A N/A
5 fee-free£289,819£57,964 N/A N/A
6 fees begin£298,513£59,703 £875 £72.92
7 £307,468£61,494 £906 £75.47
8 £316,693£63,339 £937 £78.11

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