Your Options
Getting onto the property ladder has never been harder. We're here to help by offering choice and assistance so that more and more people on low and moderate incomes in the areas where we work can afford a home of their own. The options available through MHO are:
- MyChoiceHomeBuy
- A shared equity product offering as much as 50% or as little as 15% towards the cost of buying a home of your choice on the open market.
- New Build HomeBuy
- This is your chance to buy a share in a brand new or refurbished home from MHO. You pay a mortgage on the part you own and a subsidised rent on the part you don’t own. You can buy more shares until you own your home outright or you can choose to stay as you are.
- Resales
- Resale homes offer you the opportunity to buy a previously owned home on a part buy, part rent basis.
- Social HomeBuy
- This gives local authority and housing association residents the opportunity to buy their home the affordable way.
- First Time Buyers Initiative
- Brand new homes to buy from new build developers, purchase a minimum 50% initially, pay no fee for 3 years.
- Intermediate Rent
- Often referred to as 'IR' homes, with intermediate rent you can rent a brand new or refurbished home at less than the market rate. The rent charged is normally 20-30% lower than what you would expect to pay for a similar home in a similar area.

