UK Mortgage & Property Related News
Difficulties raising deposits for ever-inflating house prices are driving more aspiring homeowners to turn to shared ownership to get onto the property ladder, a mortgage lender has revealed today.
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Our mortgage expert Darren Polson is helping a reader who wonders how much they can borrow to make their first step onto the property ladder
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The average first-time buyer deposit in England is £69,000 vs. £22,800 for shared ownership.
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First-time buyers are borrowing up to 5% more and being offered larger loans, but they are struggling to keep pace with house price rises.
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The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the second time this year – welcome news for first-time buyers after years of rising mortgage costs and spiralling house prices.
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Fed up with moving from rental to rental, marketing executive Angelika Smith felt that the time was right to buy a place of her own.
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Mortgage rates are expected to come down over the next year, which could make owning a home a possibility for millions more people.
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Home buyers in England and Northern Ireland will pay more stamp duty after 1 April, when two key thresholds are reduced.
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From sky-high property prices to chipping away at the deposit fund, getting on the housing ladder in the UK as a first-time buyer is no mean feat.
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