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    Information on grants, schemes and concessions

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    Financial support for NSW first home buyers.

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    A grant for eligible owner-occupiers

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First Home Buyer

As a first home buyer in NSW, you may be eligible for a duty exemption, concession and/or a grant.

  • First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme
  • First Home Owner Grant (New Home)

What's on offer

  • Full or partial exemption on transfer duty.

Requirements

  • Buying your first home in Australia
  • Its value is no more than $1,000,000
  • Find out about more requirements

What's on offer

  • $10,000 towards the purchase price, in addition to the First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme benefits

Requirements

  • Buying or building your first home
  • It's a new home that no-one has lived in before
  • It's worth no more than $750,000
  • Find out about more requirements

Who can apply

To qualify as a first home buyer, you must be purchasing the first home you or your spouse have owned or co-owned in Australia, although there are some exceptions.

You must also move into the property within 12 months, and live there for at least six continuous months.

You must be:

  • an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia
  • at least 18 years old.
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