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First time buyer borrowing jumps a third in 2025 Property Borrowing by first time buyers has increased by just under a third year on year as access to finance loosened and Brits rushed to get on the housing ladder. Mortgage lenders forwarded a record £82.8bn of mortgage debt to 390,000 first time buyers in the year to September 2025, according to analysis by Savills, a [...]
Generation ‘locked out of home ownership’ in UK housing crisis Property The ‘stark’ affordability crisis facing Britain’s would-be homeowners is locking a generation out of the market, according to a new report. The research – created by Skipton Building Society in partnership with Oxford Economics – finds 98 per cent of adults living with their parents cannot afford to buy a house in their local area. [...]
Buyer’s market keeps house prices in check in February March 26, 2025 House prices rose by less in March as the number of homes on sales rose faster than demand, according to fresh data. The average house price in the UK ticked up by 1.8 per cent in February versus 1.9 per cent in March, while the number of homes available rose 11 per cent year on [...]
