A story the property market is all too familar with - first time buyers struggling to save for a large enough deposit. 35% (1in 3) of first time buyers are seeing house deals fall through because they do not have large enough deposits to accommodate their required mortgage...
Rightmove data has quantified that property prices coming to the market have increased by 1.3% - the same as 2016. The only time this sort of increase was surpassed was during the boom of 2007 with a figure of 2.3% - please follow the link for more information. http://www....
In December 2016 mortgage approvals hit a 9 month high with a figure of 67,898 - still just the under a peak figure of 73,091 recorded in January 2016. Although this is a promising sign, housing market analysts are still uncertain about the current health of the market... ...
In the last 5 years the government has put a real emphasis on helping first time buyers in an attempt to salvage and stabilise the property market - the idea is by helping first time buyers purchase properties that are on the market this creates a knock on effect of...