A new assisted purchase scheme to help first-time buyers has been launched by the Scottish Government. It is called the First Home Fund and is designed to help first-time buyers get on to the property ladder. It is a shared equity scheme and provides up to £25,000 towards the purchase price of new builds or existing homes. Available to first-time buyers only, it runs up to March 2021 alongside other shared equity schemes. It does not replace the current Help To Buy Scheme which will run until March 2021.