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Existing homeowners overtake first-time buyers as biggest source of demand in housing market By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 27 September 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 27 September 2020 Existing homeowners have overtaken first-time buyers as the biggest source of demand in the housing market. Online estate agent Zoopla said the … Read more
First-time buyers DENIED amid the housing market boom: Lack of mortgages forces HALF would-be homeowners to shelve purchase plans Nearly half of first-time buyers say their home buying plans have been delayed One in five says they had to pull out of buying a property due to lockdown This comes as the property market booms … Read more
Age of the 20% deposit dawns: Misery for first-time buyers as mortgage firms demand a FIFTH of price of new home – while existing owners enjoy boom in sales thanks stamp duty freeze More than 300 mortgage deals for borrowers with 15 per cent deposit are axed Not one high street bank offered mortgages for … Read more
Motorists who mistakenly stray into bus lanes will avoid fines for a first-time offence in major traffic laws shake-up PM Boris Johnson is recommending first-time offence exemption for bus lanes These offences have been police enforced but now will be overseen by councils Local authorities will be forced to issue one-off warning instead of giving … Read more
It can be rather tough for first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder – particularly in London – but these new-build flats in a converted flour mill in Romford claim to be some of the capital’s cheapest starter homes. With prices starting at just £195,000, Papermill House, located at 363 South Street … Read more
First-time buyers and families risk being priced out with house price growth at its strongest level since 2016, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said today. ‘Virtually all parts of the UK are now seeing prices increase’ to some extent, with buyers facing a ‘sharp acceleration’ in prices up and down the country in August, … Read more
Will the first rung of the housing ladder soon be off limits? Fears surface for first-time buyers as lenders pull low-deposit mortgages from the shelves Experts are worried first-time buyers may soon be priced out of the market There are now just 51 deals for buyers with a 10 per cent deposit to choose from Mortgage … Read more
First-time buyers hit as HSBC pulls 90% mortgages amid worries that a surge in applications would ‘put property purchases at risk’ HSBC will temporarily suspend deals for borrowers with a 10 per cent deposit Most lenders pulled these deals earlier this year due to reduced staff numbers As of this morning there were just 62 … Read more
MORTGAGE MAYHEM: First-time buyers and families craving more space after lockdown are facing chaos when applying for a mortgage Demand soars as first-time buyers apply for mortgages after stamp duty cut But mortgage firms are hiking rates and axing deals amid tide of applications Kelly Nixon nearly missed out on her first home in Washington, … Read more
‘Sexiest serial killer ever!’ Viewers swoon over Jamie Dornan’s character in BBC’s The Fall as it re-airs on Netflix – and say he’s ‘truly hot and terrifying at the same time’ Viewers of The Fall are obsessing over Irish-born Jamie Dornan’s good looks He plays a deranged character who terrorizes the women of Belfast in … Read more