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Government schemes helping more UK first time buyers onto housing ladder
Over 56,000 households have now been helped to purchase a home since 2012 through the UK Government’s revitalised Right to Buy scheme, the latest figures show. And when all the schemes are added together more than 312,000 households have benefited from home ownership schemes including Right to Buy, Help to Buy and Help to Buy: […] The post Government schemes helping more UK first time buyers onto housing ladder appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
House price growth putting homes out of reach of first time buyers
The number of locations in England where first time buyers using the Government’s flagship Help to Buy scheme can afford to get on the housing ladder is falling due to house price growth. A new Help to Buy Isa savings product was launched last year with the aim of helping even more first time buyers […] The post House price growth putting homes out of reach of first time buyers appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
UK sees rise in lending with mortgages up 7% month on month
Lending for homes in the UK reached £22.5 billion in August, up 7% on the previous month and 15% year on year, the latest published figures show. It is also the highest August figure since 2007 when gross lending reached £33.6 billion, according to the data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders which represents the […] The post UK sees rise in lending with mortgages up 7% month on month appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →