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How
parents of first-timers can be real bricks
Published: March 3 2006 (news.ft.com)
With the average UK home creeping above the £200,000 mark, first-time
buyers are in a difficult position. In 2005 the number of property newcomers
shrank to a 25-year low, and, according to the Halifax, the average
age of the first-time buyer is now 33.
First-time
buyers ignoring mortgage advice
Published: 20 Feb 2006 (myfinances.co.uk)
The vast majority of first-time buyers do not seek professional advice
when taking their first steps onto the property ladder.
First-time
buyers haven't gone to ground
Published: Feb 16, 2006 (today.reuters.co.uk)
First-time buyers are alive and well, and there are more of them than
previously estimated.
Record
family help for first-time buyers
Published: February 10 2006 (news.ft.com)
Record numbers of first-time buyers received substantial help last year
as family members used their own assets to help to get them on to the
property ladder.
Also reported in: This
Is Money
Rob
Budden: First-timers raid the family coffers
Published: February 10 2006 (news.ft.com)
It’s very early days to start extrapolating long-term trends –
and a great deal could still wreck the party – but in some areas
at least it looks like the property market has got off to a reasonably
strong start this year. But even if prices move little from where they
are now, things are still tough for first-time buyers.
Graduates
can't buy a house without mum and dad
Published: 10 Feb 2006 (myfinances.co.uk)
The bank of mum and dad has come to the aid of more than half a million
graduates in the last five years, to help them buy a home.
First
time buyers prepared to pay higher property prices
Published: 7 Feb 2006 (find.co.uk)
There has been a further indication of consumer confidence returning
to the housing market, as 20 per cent of first time buyers say they
would be prepared to offer more than the asking price to get a foot
on the property ladder.