While the new build indemnity scheme, and indeed any additional resources, are welcome, they will only go some way to assisting first-time buyers in the longer term.

The free program assists both buyers and sellers.

In some cases, developers are further assisting buyers by paying some of their closing costs.

The city will also assist buyers with down payments and closing costs.

A hard-working young man was assisting buyers from their taxis.

Austrade also assists international buyers to source goods and services from Australia or to identify strategic Australian business partners.

Another solution for affordable housing in high-cost regions is state-sponsored programs to assist first-time buyers in saving down payments for their homes.

Business brokers, also called business transfer agents, or intermediaries, assist buyers and sellers of privately held small business in the buying and selling process.

Trusts also provide funding to assist like-minded private buyers or government organizations to purchase and protect the land forever.

For example, he said, eager sellers can assist cash-poor buyers by contributing to the closing costs.