31-Aug-2007
Yesterday's report from the Bank of England announcing that lenders approved a further 115,000 home loans in July means that first time buyers and other consumers should prepare for a fresh interest rate rise, Fool.co.uk has said.
31-Aug-2007
First time buyers may consider their first home to be the all-important one, but the typical Briton has travelled 125 miles to move house at least four times over the course of their lifetime, Zurich Insurance has revealed, with almost one in ten travelling more than 400 miles in order to change properties.
31-Aug-2007
House prices in the UK have risen by 90 per cent over the past five years, according to a survey of global property trends produced by Halifax, indicating the extent of the problems faced by first time buyers over that period.
31-Aug-2007
Yesterday's report from the Bank of England announcing that lenders approved a further 115,000 home loans in July means that first time buyers and other consumers should prepare for a fresh interest rate rise, Fool.co.uk has said.
30-Aug-2007
House prices rose in August but the number of enquiries made by new buyers has fallen significantly, Nationwide has reported.
30-Aug-2007
The cost of a first time buyer mortgage has risen by an average of at least ten per cent each year since 1996, according to new research.
30-Aug-2007
The cost of a first time buyer mortgage has risen by an average of at least ten per cent each year since 1996, according to new research.
30-Aug-2007
House prices rose in August but the number of enquiries made by new buyers has fallen significantly, Nationwide has reported.
29-Aug-2007
First time buyers looking to get onto the property ladder have had their savings hit by buy-to-let landlords raising rents, new research suggests.
29-Aug-2007
The number of new enquiries made on homes has fallen for the eighth month in a row, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said, as first time buyers face increasing problems in trying to get onto the property ladder.
29-Aug-2007
Parents of potential first time buyers give their children a helping hand to the tune of £21,314 in order to help them purchase their first home, new research has revealed.
29-Aug-2007
The number of new enquiries made on homes has fallen for the eighth month in a row, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said, as first time buyers face increasing problems in trying to get onto the property ladder.
29-Aug-2007
First time buyers looking to get onto the property ladder have had their savings hit by buy-to-let landlords raising rents, new research suggests.
29-Aug-2007
Parents of potential first time buyers give their children a helping hand to the tune of £21,314 in order to help them purchase their first home, new research has revealed.
28-Aug-2007
There are half as many first time buyers in rural areas as there are in the country's towns and cities, the annual Halifax Rural Housing Review has shown, demonstrating just how higher property prices have affected such areas.
28-Aug-2007
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that the number of mortgages approved in August fell by one per cent year-on-year in July, illustrating how first time buyers continue to struggle to get onto the housing ladder.
28-Aug-2007
House price growth slumped to its lowest level for 20 months in August, figures from Hometrack show, suggesting that first time buyers are now increasingly unable to purchase property.
28-Aug-2007
Consumer confidence appears to have actually increased despite the recent problems experienced by global financial markets, the latest Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Consumer Barometer has revealed, with first time buyers likely to be relieved that interest rate sentiment now seems to be turning.
28-Aug-2007
House price growth slumped to its lowest level for 20 months in August, figures from Hometrack show, suggesting that first time buyers are now increasingly unable to purchase property.
28-Aug-2007
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that the number of mortgages approved in August fell by one per cent year-on-year in July, illustrating how first time buyers continue to struggle to get onto the housing ladder.
28-Aug-2007
Consumer confidence appears to have actually increased despite the recent problems experienced by global financial markets, the latest Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets Consumer Barometer has revealed, with first time buyers likely to be relieved that interest rate sentiment now seems to be turning.
28-Aug-2007
There are half as many first time buyers in rural areas as there are in the country's towns and cities, the annual Halifax Rural Housing Review has shown, demonstrating just how higher property prices have affected such areas.
24-Aug-2007
A new company has announced the launch of a purchasing scheme that it says will be able to help both first time buyers and buy-to-let landlords achieve their aims within the property market.
24-Aug-2007
A new company has announced the launch of a purchasing scheme that it says will be able to help both first time buyers and buy-to-let landlords achieve their aims within the property market.
23-Aug-2007
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has said that the number of first time buyers looking to get onto the property ladder fell last month, with higher interest rates again blamed for the drop off.
23-Aug-2007
First time buyers and other would-be new homeowners place most importance on the kitchen, a new study from Legal & General shows.
23-Aug-2007
More first time buyers are compromising in their efforts to get onto the property ladder, a study from GE Money Home Lending and the Future Foundation has found.
22-Aug-2007
First time buyers have been cautioned that buying a home could plunge them further into debt even before mortgage costs are taken into consideration.
22-Aug-2007
First time buyers already hampered by the rising costs of moving home could face a further bill after it was reported that some lenders now require buyers as well as sellers to pay for searches of a new home.
22-Aug-2007
Rising property prices are increasingly meaning that many first-time buyers are moving overseas in order to buy their first home, RightmoveOverseas has said.
21-Aug-2007
The latest house price index from Rightmove has shown that prices rose by modest levels for the fourth month in a row in August, raising hopes that affordability concerns could soon ease for first time buyers.
21-Aug-2007
Scottish Widows Bank has announced that it is to launch a key worker mortgage in an effort to help more first time buyers achieve their goal of buying a home.
21-Aug-2007
Suggestions that recent interest rate rises have precipitated a significant slowdown in the housing market and could thus aid first time buyers are wide of the mark, new figures imply.
20-Aug-2007
The overwhelming majority of brokers believe a combined mortgage and personal loan product would be beneficial to first time buyers struggling to climb onto the first rung of the property ladder, it has been revealed.
17-Aug-2007
Those 'on the margins' of home affordability such as first-time buyers in the UK may find it harder to get a mortgage following the current problems facing the sub-prime market in the US, an economist has said
15-Aug-2007
Subdued wage growth and a unanimous Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) vote on interest rates suggest that the Bank of England will hold off on raising rates again for the foreseeable future, analysts have advised.
15-Aug-2007
First time buyers and others looking to sell or purchase property believe that house price growth will continue over the next twelve months, but at a lower level than has currently been seen, according to a study from propertyfinder.com.
15-Aug-2007
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has supported data released yesterday by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) by saying that its own figures also reveal a fall in first time buyer numbers.
14-Aug-2007
First time buyers have been offered the chance to try before they buy courtesy of a range of new homes from developers Redrow.
14-Aug-2007
The Office of National Statistics has said that inflation fell to 1.9 per cent in July in a move that has surprised analysts and led many to reconsider their interest rate forecasts.
14-Aug-2007
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has revealed that the number of first time buyer inquiries fell in July as more would-be homeowners opted against getting onto the property ladder.
13-Aug-2007
Almost a quarter of first time buyers sought out friends and family for advice when considering purchasing their first home, new research from Abbey has revealed.
13-Aug-2007
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned that first time buyers and others looking to move into the buy-to-let sector frequently assume it to be more simple than it actually is.
13-Aug-2007
Seaside towns such as Great Yarmouth and Bridlington offer good value deals for first time buyers and other prospective homeowners but the sub-sector as a whole has seen strong price growth of late, a new report from Halifax reveals.
10-Aug-2007
The average age of a first time buyer has risen by 26 per cent over the past 30 years due to both financial issues and differing social attitudes, according to a new study by GE Money Home Lending.
09-Aug-2007
First time buyers worried over the news that home repossessions rose by almost 30 per cent in the first half of the year have been reassured by suggestions that figures are still historically very low.
09-Aug-2007
The number of first time buyers as a proportion of all borrowers rose slightly in July, according to Spicerhaart Financial Services.
08-Aug-2007
Rising property prices have made first time buyers more practical as many are looking to buy near their workplace, new research has revealed
07-Aug-2007
First time buyers have been alerted to the fact that there remain properties in the London area that are selling for below the national average.
06-Aug-2007
The National Housing Federation (NHF) has warned that first time buyers will continue to be priced out of the market over the next few years as prices continue to rise.
06-Aug-2007
First time buyers considering their options as they look to get onto the housing ladder are conflicted when it comes to buy-to-let, a new study suggests.
03-Aug-2007
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that the number of repossessions rose by 30 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2006, highlighting to first time buyers the potential pitfalls of taking on too large a mortgage.
03-Aug-2007
First time buyers are now paying almost twice as much for a mortgage as they did just four years ago, new research from Abbey shows.
02-Aug-2007
Student debt is less of an obstacle for first time buyers than problems such as lower starting salaries and a lack of available funds, Savills has said.
02-Aug-2007
The Bank of England has announced that it has held interest rates at their current level of 5.75 per cent, providing a degree of respite for first time buyers already struggling to cope with rising costs.
02-Aug-2007
House prices rose by 0.7 per cent in July, the Halifax House Price Index has asserted, up on June's figures but in line with an underlying downwards trend.
01-Aug-2007
Fifty-four per cent of all young professional first time buyers aged 25 to 34 say that the property ladder in London is beyond them because of rising prices, new research from Zoomf.com has shown.
01-Aug-2007
Home information packs (Hips) are launched today (August 1st) following a protracted build-up that saw many industry figures at odds over their value.
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