Help for first-home buyers ‘not a game-changer’ for apartment market, experts say

The federal government extended its First Home Loan Deposit Scheme, adding 10,000 places and higher price caps for buyers of newly built homes, including apartments. UDIA national vice-president Max Shifman said the apartment market needed HomeBuilder expanded to apartments and townhouses, with value and income caps widened.

As I told Domain: “We would certainly like HomeBuilder to be expanded to apartments and townhouses so it can apply to a larger range of people,”

I also said: “At the moment you’ve got caps on the values that you can apply for and there are also caps on income ranges, which limits the application.”

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