Your First Home

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Whether you're a first-time buyer or looking to make your next move, we have a variety of ways to help get you moving to your brand-new Countryside home.

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We have lots of helpful information available for our existing customers! Take a look at our guides to discover more about your new home, or log into My Countryside home for extra advice.

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What is the Your First Home scheme?

Through the Your First Home scheme, eligible first-time buyers could purchase a new Countryside home with a deposit of just 2.5%. This will be supported by a government equity loan of up to 20%, which will initially be interest-free to help make owning your first home more affordable.

On a £300,000 Countryside home, this could mean contributing a deposit of £7,500 and accessing an equity loan of up to £60,000.

Further information, including costs, eligibility and timelines, is expected to be confirmed by the Chancellor in the Budget on 28 October 2026.

Registration will be available shortly. Register your interest to be among the first to discover the Countryside homes that may be available through the scheme and start looking forward to a place of your own.

Your First Home scheme FAQs

When will the Your First Home scheme be available?

A launch date is yet to be confirmed, more details are set to be released by the government in the budget at the end of October.

Who can use the Your First Home scheme?

The scheme will only be available to use for first-time buyers. There may also be other eligiblity criteria, such as a household income cap or a cap on the price of the property. Further details will be confirmed when available.

What homes will Your First Home be available on?

Your First Home is only available on new build homes, the scheme does not apply to existing housing. We'll provide more detail on which homes and developments the scheme will be available on shortly.

More ways we can help you move

Smooth Move

Have a home to sell? We could help sell it for you, so you can buy one of ours with Smooth Move! We could even save you time and money.

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Introduce a friend

Introduce your friends to Countryside Homes and if they buy from us, we’ll give you £2,000* to say thank you.

How does it work

Home Exchange

Found your ideal new home, but still need to sell your current property? Home Exchange, our part exchange scheme, could take the pressure off.

How does it work

Smooth Move

Have a home to sell? We could help sell it for you, so you can buy one of ours with Smooth Move! We could even save you time and money.

How does it work

Introduce a friend

Introduce your friends to Countryside Homes and if they buy from us, we’ll give you £2,000* to say thank you.

How does it work

Home Exchange

Found your ideal new home, but still need to sell your current property? Home Exchange, our part exchange scheme, could take the pressure off.

How does it work

References to “we”, “us” or “our” are to the part of the Vistry Group (including Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, Countryside Homes or one of Vistry’s joint venture companies) from which you are intending to purchase a new home. References to "you” and “your” are to the prospective buyer or buyers of a new home from us.

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