A one stop shop for affordable home ownership schemes, Share to Buy is an online property portal and the first point of contact for many buyers looking to purchase their own home through alternative home buying schemes such as Shared Ownership and Help to Buy. With housing providers who specialise in first time buyer developments listing their properties on our website, users of the Share to Buy portal benefit from access to a wide range of new build and resale homes across the country. Founded in 2004, Share to Buy started out as a specialist mortgage broker with a focus on first time buyer mortgages, expanding into a property portal in 2010. Share to Buy continues to offer mortgage services with a focus on the affordable homes sector and is authorised, and regulated, by the Financial Conduct Authority. As a directly authorised mortgage broker that specialises in first time buyer mortgages, Share to Buy are able to working with housing providers as panel brokers. Offering a rapid response to requests for HCA affordability assessments, as well as checking ID and addresses electronically, our systems can also provide automatic progress reports on mortgage applications.