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An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now officially one of the 10 biggest mortgage lenders according to data from Legal...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...

Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age of...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

Many existing homeowners wanting to trade up now rely on financial help from family and friends to help make the jump...

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

Some 41 per cent of parents are not in a position to provide any financial support towards helping their child get...

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...

High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...

We’ve had the Bank of Mum and Dad so is the next big thing to hit the market a growing number...

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

A survey of 1,000 parents has apparently revealed just how much they pay when their offspring first leaves home to live...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents...

Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

Research from the consumer organisation Which? claims that first time buyers are typically saving for anything up to a decade for...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...