13/08/2026
🚨 IS BUYING A HOME IS OUT OF YOUR REACH? READ THIS 🚨
The Scottish Government’s LIFT scheme is back and here's what its all about.
You buy the share of the home you can afford using your mortgage, deposit and savings.
The Scottish Government can contribute between 10% and 40% of the price.
For example:
🏡 The home costs £100,000
💷 Your share is £70,000
🤝 The Government contributes the other £30,000
A few lenders will even let you borrow up to 95% of your £70,000 share.
That means your deposit in this example could be just £3,500, not £5,000 based on the full property price.
You still get the whole house. Nobody from the Government is moving into the spare room. 😂
You don’t pay rent or monthly payments on the Government’s share, but it isn’t free money. The Government keeps the same percentage share in the property and will get that percentage of the sale price (if you decide to sell up, or valuation if you want to stay put and buy their share out).
So, what could this actually mean for you?
✅ Buying a suitable home while only having mortgage payments on the share you can afford
✅ Potentially buying with a much smaller deposit
✅ Being able to buy a home that wasn’t affordable based on your income alone
✅ Getting out of renting and into your own home sooner
✅ Buying somewhere that properly suits your needs, not just whatever happens to fall within your budget
The scheme is open to first-time buyers and certain priority groups, including:
🐝 Council and housing-association tenants
🐝 People with a disability who have a housing need
🐝 Members of the armed forces
🐝 Certain veterans and bereaved partners of service personnel
🐝 People aged over 60 with a housing need
How much help you receive depends on what you can afford yourself. It isn’t automatically 40%, and any mortgage or deposit will be subject to the lender’s usual checks and criteria.
There are rules around who qualifies, how much help you can get and which properties you can buy.
But we won’t bore you to sleep by listing every. single. detail. 🥱
Send Bee Mortgage Wise a message or give us a call on 01593 303293.
We’ll check your eligibility, explain the ins and outs and help you work out whether the scheme could actually help you. We’re always honest about these things… this scheme will not be the right choice for everyone!
Applications are open now and funding is limited so don’t wait too long! 🐝🏡
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.