first time buyers
John Cridland, director-general of the CBI, is calling for a raft of measures to help first-time buyers, including revitalised Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee schemes to reduce the risk of higher loan to value mortgages.
Aldermore became the third lender to launch a 100% mortgage deal for first-time buyers or homebuyers yesterday with a guarantee from a parent, grandparent or guardian.
Specialist lender Aldermore has launched a 100% LTV Guarantor mortgage to help "disenfranchised" first-time buyers get on the housing ladder.
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The average age when potential first-time buyers expect to get on the property ladder is 35-years-old.
While many of us prefer to ease ourselves gently into a new year, the same can't be said of Grant Shapps. The housing minister has been busy causing a stir, tackling the controversial topics of house prices and mortgage availability.
Without parental assistance, the average age of a first-time buyer will rise to 43 years old, according to the National Housing Federation. assistance for novice buyers.
Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income are now nearly half of 2007 levels, yet affordability is still cited by over 50% of first-time buyers as the main barrier to entry.
The main parties have been divided on stamp duty, HIPs and Northern Rock. Can they work together on housing issues?
Mortgages should only be advanced to first-time buyers after they have undergone some training and passed an exam, according to the chairman of a debt charity.
Paula John, editor-in-chief at Mortgage Solutions, IFAonline's sister title, discusses the first-time buyer (FTB) market on BBC Working Lunch.
State-owned Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are offering preferable mortgage borrowing terms to some of their high net worth customers for the first time since the start of the credit crisis.
The number of people selling their homes rose in March to its highest level in six months, according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).
A hung parliament at the upcoming General Election could add £52 a month to the average mortgage, according to easyroommate.co.uk.
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