Mortgages

Why one salary goes further in some areas Buying a first home on one salary is not the lost cause it can feel like, according to new research reported by Metro, which has identified the areas of England where a single buyer on an ordinary wage can still get on the property ladder. Crucially, the […]

1 week ago

It is the first of its kind since the 2008 recession. A new mortgage deal requiring a £0 deposit has launched in the UK today. This type of deposit-free mortgage used to be quite common up until the 2008 recession; however, it has now returned to the UK, backed by a Dutch firm that has […]

1 year ago

Turns out cutting down on Pret and avocado toast doesn’t cut it Young Brits are having to bunk with their parents in order to save for a house deposit in what NatWest is terming the ‘age of re-nesting’. Almost one-in-four parents say their children have had to move back home in a bid to get […]

1 year ago

This initiative makes use of the Right to Buy scheme. The headache-inducing world of mortgages just got a hell of a lot less painful for some lucky folk. Last week, Barclays bank revealed that it would be calling upon the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme in place of a house deposit for tenants wanting to […]

1 year ago

The cheap mortgages might land the economy in huge trouble A new mortgage scheme is allowing first-time buyers to purchase a home with a deposit of as little as £5000. The Yorkshire Building Society mortgage lets buyers borrow up to 99 per cent of their desired property’s value up to £500,000, via Sky News. Ordinarily, […]

2 years ago

‘It’s not me bragging, it’s me being so proud of myself’ An influencer had to fight back the tears after she was on the end of a backlash from fans for revealing that she owns her house outright at the age of 21. In the current economic climate, many under the age of 30 can […]

3 years ago