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First-time buyers borrowing more but cannot keep pace with house price increases

First-time buyers borrowing more but cannot keep pace with house price increases

10/07/2025

First-time Buyer

Leasehold, stamp duty and home buying and selling process are fastest growing concerns for homebuyers over past decade

Leasehold and stamp duty among biggest concerns for homebuyers

21/05/2025

First-time Buyer

Over two million first-time buyers are 'missing' from housing market

Over two million first-time buyers are ‘missing’ from housing market

30/04/2025

First-time Buyer

NatWest launches ‘Family-Backed’ mortgage to help more first-time buyers and tweaks stress rates

NatWest launches ‘Family-Backed’ mortgage to help more first-time buyers

28/04/2025

First-time Buyer

HSBC makes stress rate changes to boost mortgage affordability

HSBC makes stress rate changes to boost mortgage affordability

22/04/2025

First-time Buyer

Over half of freelancers say employment status has ‘negatively impacted’ mortgage ambitions

Majority of freelancers’ mortgage ambitions are ‘negatively impacted’ by job status

31/03/2025

First-time Buyer

Bank of Mum and Dad funds one in 10 buyer deposits

Bank of Mum and Dad funds one in 10 buyer deposits

07/03/2025

First-time Buyer

Average FTB mortgage payment 59% higher than five years ago

First time buyers pay £350 more each month than five years ago

06/03/2025

First-time Buyer

Stamp duty change will nearly quadruple number of local authorities where FTB properties will be liable to tax

Number of local authorities with first-time buyers liable to pay stamp duty tax will quadruple

19/02/2025

First-time Buyer

First-time buyers getting on property ladder climb 19% YOY to over 341,000 in 2024

Number of first-time buyers stepping onto property ladder rises by a fifth

14/02/2025

First-time Buyer

sign of a barclays branch to denote Barclays' Mortgage Boost offer

Barclays unveils Mortgage Boost offer to increase borrowing power

28/01/2025

First-time Buyer

Affordability reports ‘modest improvement’ but is still ‘stretched’

Affordability reports ‘modest improvement’ but is still ‘stretched’

24/01/2025

Mortgages

Regulators considering easing mortgage rules to boost market

Regulators considering easing mortgage rules to boost market

17/01/2025

First-time Buyer

Affordability reports ‘modest improvement’ but is still ‘stretched’

Homeownership unaffordable for low-income households in all regions of UK

09/12/2024

First-time Buyer

Two in five working households priced out of buying a home

Two in five working households priced out of buying a home

04/10/2024

Mortgages

UK house prices continue to climb

House prices continue to climb but ‘affordability remains a significant challenge’

06/09/2024

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