People are facing a larger portion of their lives spent in debt, according to a new report, which has found that people don't tend to become fully debt free until age 69. This goes against the general expectation of people, which is [...]
The first time buyer market, overall, saw positive growth throughout 2015, even though December saw a demoralising fall in the amount of people buying their first homes. 1,300 less people bought their first home in December compared to November of 2015, a [...]
The Help to Buy London scheme goes live on Monday. So what is it, and how does it differ from the Help to Buy schemes which already exist? House prices are high, too high, in many cases, for people looking to buy [...]
Rightmove have reported a rise in the amount of starter homes that are going on sale, and say that a stall in the asking price of these homes is benefitting first time buyers. The average asking price for an average house on [...]
In the autumn statement of 2015, it was announced that first time homebuyers looking to buy in London would be benefitted from a boosted cap of the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. House prices across the country are not even, and [...]
Halifax have said that first time buyers are taking out longer mortgages and are paying bigger deposits than any other demographic on the market. A quarter of first time buyers throughout 2015 apparently took out mortgages which will last for 35 years. [...]
The number of people who purchased a home for the first time jumped up in November, compared to the year before, potentially indicating an improvement in the housing market. Figures released by Your Move and Reeds Rains estate agents have shown that [...]
The government is set to boost the housing market by directly commissioning the building of 13,000 homes, using up public land. Smaller developers will be able to buy sites across England which will already have planning permission in place. 40 per cent [...]
The expanded loans set to become available in April 2016 under the Help to Buy schemes have been slated by the director of an affordable house price campaign. "It is hard to imagine a more reckless, short-termist measure," said Duncan Scott, the [...]
It is no surprise, in fact, it is practically the norm, that house prices are rising in the UK, and newly released figures show that this is a trend that hasn't abated, and isn't going away soon. According to the Office of [...]