First Time Buyers

Halifax ‘no fees' first time buyer mortgage

Halifax has launched a new two year, fee free, fixed rate first time buyer mortgage at 5.79%. The product has been specifically designed to help first time buyers by paying the fees on their mortgage, saving them at least £1986 on typical initial costs.

First time buyer mortgage affordability improves

Mortgage affordability for those looking to take their first steps onto the property ladder is at its most favourable for 12 years, according to the latest annual Halifax First Time Buyer Review.

Expert advice for first time buyers in Rushden

Experts are urging first time buyers in Rushden to take advantage of first time buyer schemes to help them take their first steps onto the property market.

Perfect homes for first time buyers at Augusta Park

Anyone thinking of purchasing their first home should pay a visit to Taylor Wimpey’s Augusta Park development in Andover, where they might find the ‘Home of the Week’ ticks all the right ‘first property’ boxes.

First-time buyers depend on loans from parents

Over half (52%) of parents who have provided money to help their children get on the property ladder will get nothing back on their investment – that’s according to research into the state of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ by property portal FindaProperty.com.

Escape the rental trap with Redrow in Nuneaton

Owning a stylish new home in Nuneaton, with easy access to other towns and cities, is now more affordable thanks to Redrow.

First time home buying made simple in Prescot

Attention first time buyers! Desperately want a place of your own and feel like you’re throwing money away on rent? Or are you trying to get onto the housing ladder but keep coming up against a brick wall?

Hitch a ‘LIFT’ onto the property ladder with Bellway

Such has been the uptake of buying a new home with ‘LIFT’, the Scottish Government’s 'Low-cost Initiative for First Time buyers', that award-winning housebuilder Bellway Homes has released the final properties available under this hugely successful shared equity programme at its Eastfields development in Carntyne.

Persimmon Homes hosts MPC visit

When representatives from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) recently paid a visit to the Crystal Mead development in Stourbridge, Persimmon Homes, the company behind the scheme, used it as an ideal opportunity to talk about the difficulties local first time buyers continue to face in getting a foothold on the property ladder.