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Buy your new home with just 5% deposit
Deposit Unlock is a new scheme developed by the Home Builders Federation and mortgage lenders meaning you can buy a new Sigma home with just a 5% deposit. This is an insurance-backed guarantee scheme meaning that you will have access to competitive mortgage rates, whether you are purchasing your first home, or looking to move home.
Who is it for?
Deposit Unlock can be used by both first-time buyers and home movers alike, and there is no upper limit on household income.
Which properties can the scheme be used on?
Deposit Unlock can be used on any of our new homes - houses and apartments, up to a value of £833,250*, subject to the lender's approval. There are no restrictions on location.
Benefits of deposit unlock
Deposit Unlock allows you to access competitive mortgage rates for purchasing a Sigma home with just a 5% deposit. The scheme is available now, there is no upper limit on household income, and it can be used by both first-time buyers and home movers. With Deposit Unlock, you own 100% of your new home.
How deposit unlock works
With a normal 95% mortgage, lenders carry higher risk and usually take out their own insurance against this. These additional costs are passed on to purchasers in the form of higher interest rates. With Deposit Unlock, those costs are met by the Home Builders Federation and its members, meaning you benefit from both a smaller deposit and competitive rates.
Deposit Unlock is currently available with participating bank lenders including Nationwide Building Society, Accord Mortgages and Newcastle Building Society. **
HOW TO BUY WITH DEPOSIT UNLOCK
Choose your home
View and reserve your new Sigma home.
Get your confirmation
When you have reserved your new home, we will issue you with a Loan Confirmation Letter, which carries a unique ID.
Contact your lender
Simply pass this document to your mortgage broker or lender and they will be able to offer you a mortgage under Deposit Unlock.
Complete the process
The rest of the purchase process is no different, and we will be on hand to answer any questions you may have on the way to owning your new Sigma home.
*Subject to lenders' participation on selected Sigma homes and developments. Rates and maximum purchase price vary via lender, based on Nationwide Building Society's current guidelines from November 2021. **Correct as of November 2022. Deposit Unlock is available on selected Sigma homes. Terms and Conditions apply. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other promotion. The Deposit Unlock scheme provides mortgage indemnity insurance policies to participating lenders, to which Sigma Homes Limited makes a financial contribution. The insurance covers the mortgage lender in the event of a loss due to a repossession. Your obligations to the mortgage lender remain unchanged. Sigma Homes do not offer mortgage advice, any financial advice should be obtained from a mortgage adviser or lender. YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP PAYMENTS ON A MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER DEBT SECURED ON IT.
