How to apply for a new build home

Ready to apply for your new build Shared Ownership home? 

Simply follow these two easy steps...

1. Complete your application

  • Once you’ve found a home you are interested in click 'Start your application'.
  • We’ll direct you to contact an allocated Broker who will work with you to complete an affordability assessment. 
  • When that’s completed, it will be passed to our Sales Consultants for review. They will be in touch to confirm if we can offer you a property.

Please note: You must use the allocated Broker for the property you are interested in. We cannot accept applications submitted via another Broker. The application process can take up to four weeks, possibly a little longer if allocations have to be made by a Local Authority.

2. If we’re able to offer you a home

If you’re successful and we are able to offer you one of our homes, there are some final steps to fully reserve your new property:

  • You will be asked to provide proof of funding and to complete some ID checks (Via our third party ID supplier, Thirdfort) - a full list of acceptable forms of ID and proof of address can be found here
  • You will also be asked to verbally instruct a solicitor - we always advise customers to choose a solicitor familiar with Shared Ownership. Sovereign also have a handpicked list of independent Shared Ownership solicitors which can be found here.

Applying for a resale home? The steps look a little different - view here