Tag Result: first-time buyers
Gifted deposits fall for first-time buyers and investors
The use of gifted deposits has fallen by 13% in the last year with first-time buyers and i...
BTL taxes ‘working’ as first-time buyers and home mover numbers soar
Figures show the government’s tax changes for buy-to-let landlords have dampened the mar...
Parents warned over tax risks of helping first-time buyers
Parents could be walking into several tax shocks when helping to buy their children a prop...
Builders charging Help to Buy ‘premium’
Builders are charging a premium of around 5% of homes sold under the Help to Buy equity lo...
MPC split 6-2 over base rate hold decision
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold the base rate at...
Stay together for love? No, just to get on the housing ladder
In a sign of increasing desperation to get on the housing ladder, it seems that people are...
Yorkshire Building Society reports ‘stable’ mortgage lending
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has reported stable mortgage balances despite ‘intensel...
Citizens Advice calls on FCA to tackle SVR penalty
Citizens Advice Bureau has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make all len...
House sales and first-time buyers rise but supply gap widens
House sales rose in June but the gap between supply and demand is widening, the National A...
Government must help first-time buyers without hurting BTL – Bob Hunt
There are clearly several big questions in the UK housing market and I suspect from Septem...
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