The first happy buyers are picking up the keys to their new homes under the Government’s NewBuy mortgage scheme, but questions are still being asked about whether it will achieve its aim of kick-starting the property market.
Posts Tagged ‘First time buyers’
A new job and my first home, I’m so excited – First buyer to benefit from Cameron’s housing plan tells of joy at her big move
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Locked out: Families face years of renting
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012Financial Mail reveals that banks now lend more to landlords than to people living in their own homes, young families describe how they are battling with high and rising rents – yet, somehow, they still dream of buying.
A home is within reach if you’re in the right place
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Property for first-time buyers is more affordable today than at any point in the past eight years – provided they live in the right part of Britain and can put together a substantial deposit.
Frozen out of the mortgage market and forced to pay a punishing rent
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Falling prices mean that getting on the housing ladder has at last become more than a dream, but it depends on location and finding that vital deposit.
SURVIVING THE AGE OF AUSTERITY: First time buyers
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Young couples will find it harder to get on the housing ladder
Light in the home loans gloom if you have 25% deposit
Thursday, November 24th, 2011A glimmer of light is flickering in the depressed mortgage market with a sharp rise in the number of deals on offer and a drop in interest rates.
Action urged by CBI to help first-time buyers
Friday, November 11th, 2011First-time buyers struggling to find big deposits should be encouraged back into the housing market with a raft of measures to help them clinch a mortgage deal, a report from businesses recommended today.
Rise in mortgage debt forecast
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Young Britons are being saddled with debt but are unlikely to build up assets in the same way as previous generations, a report commissioned by debt advice charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) found today.
