First-time buyer mortgage offers rise

10 December 2008
New figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show a rise in the number of mortgages offered to first-time buyers in October.... read more »

More first-time buyers receiving help with mortgage deposit

7 November 2008
More and more first-time buyers are relying on some kind of assistance to lay down a deposit for their home, reports the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).... read more »

RICS: Low prices may revive property sales

6 March 2009
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said that property sales may rise this year due to low house prices reigniting people’s interest in buying a home.... read more »

First-time buyers taking on smaller mortgage debts

12 May 2009
There is, for some, an upside to the problems in the housing market: first-time buyers (FTBs) are needing to take on much smaller mortgage debts to buy property.... read more »

Mortgage approvals rise by almost 30%

15 May 2009
The number of mortgage approvals was 29% higher in March than in the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).... read more »

Lower deposits required for FTB mortgages

21 September 2009
Research by Mortgageforce suggests that the average deposit needed for first-time buyers (FTBs) to secure a mortgage fell to 21.25% (of the property`s value) in August, from 25.4% in July, moneynews.co.uk reports.... read more »