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Overview of LongView Buying Boost
For First Home Buyers, LongView Buying Boost will provide clients with up to 50% of what they have saved to buy a home. This leaves a client contributing 2/3 towards the property purchase and LongView contributing 1/3.
In exchange for the initial contribution, LongView will take the same share of any future capital growth in the property, which is paid to LongView when you sell your home, or can be paid out earlier if you decide to buy out LongView’s share.
For example, say you have $200k saved to cover a deposit and stamp duty. LongView would contribute an additional $100k, which takes your total equity available to $300k. In exchange, you would pay provide LongView with 1/3 of any capital growth when you sold your property, as well the initial contribution back ($100k in this example).
For Upgraders (looking to sell and upgrade to their next home) we can help too. However, the amount we can provide and our share of capital growth depends on your circumstances. Please get in touch with us to discuss further here
We make our money by ensuring you are in a property that has strong capital growth potential and share in that upside with you.
We are experts in finding and negotiating deals for properties with capital growth potential. Our buyer advisors have purchased thousands of properties and they are backed by an industry-leading team of data scientists who analyse the market all day, every day.
That’s why we are confident we can make such a good investment together. As a result, when you eventually sell your home, the value is expected to have increased substantially and we will both make money together.
We think it is a fair deal because whatever share of the money used to purchase the property in the beginning is the same share of the equity we receive when you sell.
Application Process
The application process is simple and there is no impact to your credit score. Simply fill in your details here to start the process and our team will be in touch to help you navigate a path to home ownership!
To begin, we are helping people with at least $150,000 saved for their deposit and stamp duty, who are looking buying in the following locations:
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Brisbane
- Gold Coast
We are focused on helping you buy a quality property that is a good fit for your lifestyle, as well as a good financial investment. With that in mind, we are unlikely to invest in most apartments because they tend not to grow much in value over time.
If you don’t fit the criteria above, don’t fret – still get in touch with our team here and we can walk you through how we might be able to help, or what other products and schemes (Government or Private) might be more suitable to you.
No. We don’t charge you any fees to apply to LongView Buying Boost.
No. There is no impact to your credit score from applying to LongView Buying Boost.
Buying a home with us: Financial Considerations
For First Home Buyers, LongView Buying Boost will provide clients with up to 50% of what they have saved to buy a home. This leaves a client contributing 2/3 towards the property purchase and LongView contributing 1/3.
In exchange for the initial contribution, LongView will take the same share of any future capital growth in the property, which is paid to LongView when you sell your home, or can be paid out earlier if you decide to buy out LongView’s share.
For example, say you have $200k saved to cover a deposit and stamp duty. LongView would contribute an additional $100k, which takes your total equity available to $300k. In exchange, you would pay provide LongView with 1/3 of any capital growth when you sold your property, as well the initial contribution back ($100k in this example).
For Upgraders (looking to sell and upgrade to their next home) we can help too. However, the amount we can provide and our share of capital growth depends on your circumstances. Please get in touch with us to discuss further here
No, you don’t need to pay us any interest to access Longview Buying Boost. When you sell your property, you pay us back the same share of the equity that was provided to you when you purchased the property as described here.
No, you only need to pay us out our initial contribution and our share of any capital growth when you sell the property. There are no repayments required while you are living in your home.
However, you do have the option to buy out our share at any time – we don’t want to be around any longer than what you need us for.
No, you are responsible for paying stamp duty on the property as you would be without Longview Buying Boost.
No, you are responsible for mortgage repayments as you would be without Longview Buying Boost.
We will register a second ranking mortgage or caveat, depending on your lender, to ensure that we are paid our share when you sell the property.
We work directly with lenders, as well as through trusted brokers, who are familiar with LongView Buying Boost offering and we look to ensure a smooth journey for you. Our team will provide you the Longview Buying Boost Contract and Letter of Support which can be used by the Bank to give comfort of the availability of the LongView Buying Boost funds for your purchase.
Buying a home with us: Property Buying Journey
We know that the buying process can be difficult to navigate, and we want you to have the best property journey you can. You will be partnered with a dedicated Buying Boost Specialist, who are supported by a Property Advisory team with decades of experience in buying the right properties as well as our in-house data science team who analyse decades of historical data and future trends to support our clients to make confident buying decisions.
It’s your home, so it’s your decision. Our team will work with you to help find and negotiate the best home for your needs and focus on ones we think will also be a good investment for you. If you want to buy a property that does not meet our investment criteria, we will tell you that. If you still have your heart set on such a property, we have a Property Advisory team that offer a range of services that can help you to secure that property on the best possible terms with your own money, but we won’t co-invest in it with you.
We are focused on supporting homeowners to buy a property to call home. As such, we are not supporting investment property purchases with LongView Buying Boost.
However, we do have Property Advisory and Property Management experts who have decades of experience supporting investors to purchase and manage investment properties. Find out more here.
Living in your home
No, LongView Buying Boost is not on the title as an owner. You are the sole owner of the property. We will have a second mortgage or caveat registered on the property solely to ensure that we are paid our share when you sell.
We are focused on supporting homeowners. To that extent, we expect it to be your principal place of residence. If you want to rent it out and/or change it to an investment property you need to let us know as this may have tax and other financial consequences for you and potentially for us. We may then ask you to buy out our share if you are only keeping the property as an investment, not as your home.
Yes, it’s your home. You don’t need to ask our permission to renovate. But we are always available to give our professional advice on the best ways to go about it. As you get the benefit of living in the renovated home, you pay for whatever renovations you want to make.
It’s your home, and you’ll enjoy the benefits of renovating it. Contrary to what you may see on TV, our experience is that most renovations don’t add more value to the property than they cost, so the benefit of the renovation goes to the people living there. With this in mind, we don’t typically share in the costs of renovations by providing additional money to assist.
In the case of large structural renovations (e.g. adding additional bedrooms or bathrooms), these may add about the same value to the home as they cost. If you pay for them by borrowing more from the bank, then this money goes back to the bank when the home is sold – it doesn’t end up making extra money for you or for us.
In the case of “cosmetic” renovations (e.g. updating the kitchen or bathroom), these will gradually go down in value over the years after they are done as the appliances age. For this reason, they tend not to add value to the home unless it is sold fairly soon afterwards. So the benefit goes to you as you live in a nicer home.
If it makes sense to make some improvements at the time to sell the property for a higher price, we’re happy to talk about the possibility of LongView contributing to those costs if they are done at the time you are looking to sell.
Yes, you need to maintain insurance for the full replacement value of the property for your own protection and for ours.
Selling your Home
While most people will have sold their property after 12 years, we know there will be clients who haven’t. That’s fine! If you haven’t sold your home or have not elected to buy-out LongView in the first 12 years, LongView will be entitled to an additional share of capital growth.
For each year past 12 years, LongView’s share of the home’s capital growth will increase by 1%. For example, a 33% share would increase to 36% if you sold at year 15.
It’s your home. We cannot force you to sell your property.
Early Exit: Buying out LongView's Share
Yes, you can buy us whenever you like, but not at a valuation lower than you paid for the property.
We will provide you with a list of approved valuers including the basis for the valuation, which will be the fair market value had the property been sold. You can request us to commission a valuation so that you can understand and buy out all or part of the LongView share within two months of the valuation.
If you request us to commission a valuation and decide to buy out some, or all, of our share, we will share the cost of the valuation with you. If you request us to commission a valuation and don’t proceed to buy out any of our share you will need to pay the full cost of the valuation.