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First-time buyers

  • Saturday, 31 May, 2025
    Return of 100% mortgage gathers pace as lenders target first-time buyers

    More no-deposit deals to come after launches this month, say industry figures

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  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    Neal Hudson
    Why we don’t move house anymore

    High transaction costs mean we’re stuck with a housing market dependent on price growth to function

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  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Should young people raid their pensions to buy a property?

    Allowing Gen Z early access to retirement savings is not going to build more houses

    Illustration of a hand smashing a piggy bank with a hammer with a house
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    UK house prices
    House affordability in England and Wales returns to pre-pandemic levels

    Wage growth has outstripped property price rises, official figures show

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  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    UK property
    First-time buyers move further out of London as property costs bite

    Similar trend found in other major UK cities including Birmingham and Manchester in the decade from 2013

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  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Share of UK lending to first-time buyers reaches record high

    Trend driven by rents rising faster than house prices as landlords leave the market

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  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Number of UK first-time buyers rose by 20% in 2024

    Halifax data points to impact of easing borrowing costs although affordability challenges remain

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  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    Rosanna Dodds
    Everything I wish I’d known before buying my first flat

    Property market pitfalls are legion, only matched by a first-time buyer’s naivety and emotion. Forewarned is forearmed

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  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Rental homes supply will be hit by Budget stamp duty changes, say landlords

    Levy on second homes and buy-to-lets raised from 3 per cent to 5 per cent

  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Neal Hudson
    Low mortgage rates are no panacea for first-time buyers

    With the Bank of England’s lending criteria, they’re likely to achieve little

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  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    UK property
    First-time buyers rely more heavily on Bank of Mum and Dad

    Higher mortgage rates made it more difficult to get on the property ladder

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Mortgages
    Should you rent or buy a home?

    FT Money wants to hear from readers in a rent or buy dilemma

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  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    UK property
    First-time buyers targeted with £5,000 deposit mortgage

    Scheme aims to get buyers lacking large deposits on the property ladder

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  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    UK property
    Have you taken out a long-term fixed rate mortgage?

    FT Money is seeking comments from readers who have taken out such a mortgage or rejected the idea

  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    News in-depthProperty sector
    Number of first-time UK housebuyers heads for 10-year low

    Rise in mortgage rates and end of Help to Buy make people more reliant on so-called Bank of Mum and Dad

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  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Five ways to fix the Isa regime

    Ahead of the Autumn Statement, here’s my wish list for reforming tax-free saving and investing

  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
    Millennials and boomers are competing for homes. Guess who’s winning?

    Rising prices, high rates and demographics are reversing millennial gains

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    FT Money personal finance guides
    FT Money Guide: A tale of two housing markets

    Why are property prices falling in the UK and rising in the US?

  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Mortgages
    UK’s mortgage relief measures risk a financial shortfall in later life

    Advisers warn of higher total interest payments and threat to retirement savings

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Cost of living crisis
    UK mortgage borrowers face painful refinancing, warns think-tank

    Resolution Foundation says £12bn costs of rising rates have yet to hit most households

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Q&AProperty sector
    Return of the 100% mortgage brings a mixed response

    Skipton building society launches no-deposit deal for renters

    A young couple look at an estate agent’s window display
  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    UK first-time buyers opt for smaller homes as higher mortgage rates bite

    Preference for one- and two-bedroom properties points to impact of rising borrowing costs

    A couple looking at adverts for properties in the window of an estate agent’s
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Property sector
    More homes come on to the UK market as pressures ease

    Mortgage market stability boosts buyer confidence in spite of falling house prices

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  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    House & Home
    How London’s property market became an inheritocracy

    Without inherited wealth or a leg-up from the Bank of Mum and Dad, prospective first-time buyers are forced to abandon dreams of home ownership

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  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Property sector
    Growing struggle for owners of flats trading up

    Prices of houses in England and Wales have increased much faster than those of apartment homes

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