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Increase in borrowers remortgaging homes at end of 2021

The number of home-owners remortgaging their properties jumped up towards pre-coronavirus pandemic levels at the end of last year, according to Bank of England figures. The Bank said the share of home loans advanced to borrowers remortgaging their ...

08 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Personal Finance

23% of young people ‘do not think they will ever feel financially secure’

Nearly a quarter (23%) of young people do not think they will ever feel financially secure, a survey has found. Among young people who are not in education, employment or training, only two-fifths (43%) believe they will eventually achieve ...

06 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Minister wants as many Scots as possible to buy homes using Government scheme

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Housing Secretary wants as many Scots as possible to buy using Government scheme

The Scottish Government is looking to help as many people as possible buy an affordable home in 2023, Housing Secretary Shona Robison has said. Ms Robison said while ministers recognise the challenges caused by the cost-of-living crisis, ...

03 Jan 2023 at 11:12

Personal Finance

Challenges and opportunities for aspiring first-time buyers in the year ahead

The “bank of mum and dad” may be called upon for more help in the new year, as aspiring first-time buyers deal with a double whammy of higher mortgage rates and surging rental costs while they try to save. But for those buyers who are ...

27 Dec 2022 at 07:40

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Houses prices rise by 6% in Waterford as first-time buyers dominate property market

The average price of a second-hand, three-bed semi in Waterford city rose by 6% in the past year, according to the latest national survey by Real Estate Alliance. During the first three months of 2023, the average cost of three-bed ...

27 Mar 2023 at 10:33

Personal Finance

Typical first-time buyer mortgage payment ‘has jumped by 61% since 2019’

Someone newly getting onto the property ladder can expect to pay around £400 more per month for their mortgage than five years ago, analysis suggests. Calculations by property website Rightmove suggest the average first-time buyer ...

24 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Personal Finance

First-time buyers’ homeownership hopes could be helped by new partnership

Aspiring homeowners could have their subscriptions to services such as Netflix or Spotify contribute to their ability to get a mortgage, following a new partnership between Leeds Building Society and credit information company ...

10 May 2023 at 00:01

Personal Finance

First-time buyers can borrow six times income under major lender’s shake-up

Britain’s biggest building society will lend first-time buyers up to six times their income, increase the maximum amount that people can borrow and cut some mortgage rates from Tuesday. Nationwide Building Society will ...

23 Sept 2024 at 13:06

Personal Finance

House moves out of London have ‘increasingly been driven by need over want’

Higher mortgage rates mean that home moves out of London are being driven by need rather than want, with people looking for smaller properties in more affordable areas, according to an estate agent. Londoners ...

07 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Sunak vows to slash immigration and taxes as he battles to keep place in No 10

Rishi Sunak pledged to halve immigration and unveiled a £17.2 billion package of tax cuts as he fought to keep his place in No 10. With Labour’s poll lead stubbornly around 20 points, the Tory leader sought ...

11 Jun 2024 at 17:27

Personal Finance

Asking prices for UK homes falls at fastest August rate for five years

Asking prices for homes in Britain tumbled in the biggest August fall since 2018 this month as soaring mortgage costs put buyers under pressure, according to a property website. Rightmove said average new ...

21 Aug 2023 at 08:09

Personal Finance

Nearly two-thirds of first-time buyer mortgages are in joint names, says Halifax

Nearly two-thirds of first-time buyer mortgages being taken out are in joint names, according to a lending giant. Some 63% of first-time buyer mortgages completed between January and November last year ...

25 Jan 2023 at 00:01

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