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Use the features in this section to find out all about buying your first home: how to save a deposit, how to find the right property and how to arrange the sort of finance that suits you, whether that be alone, with a partner, with your family or friends.

Jul 31, 2017

How to find the ideal first-time buyer mortgage

If you are buying your first property, follow these commonsense rules for a successful pur...

Jan 10, 2017

How to get government help

If you are a first-time buyer struggling to get onto the property ladder, help could be at...

Jan 08, 2017

How to save money with a flexible mortgage

With a flexible mortgage you can overpay, underpay, take payment holidays and borrow back ...

Jan 07, 2017

How to get your mortgage application accepted

Getting a mortgage application accepted is a lot tougher than it used to be, so you must p...

Jan 05, 2017

Insure4you: Help finding the right insurance for homebuyers

Buying your own home can be an exhausting and expensive process, but luckily we have a tea...

Jan 02, 2017

How to spot problems when buying

Buying a house is one of the most important decisions you will ever make – both financia...

Dec 29, 2016

Help for first-time buyers

Over half of first-time buyers need a leg up onto the housing ladder from their family, ...

Dec 17, 2016

How to buy with friends

The plight of UK first-time buyers has resulted in people seeking alternative ways of gett...

Nov 17, 2016

How to get a mortgage with family help

Most first-time buyers receive financial assistance from their family these days. But the ...

Jan 16, 2016

How to avoid a house of horrors

Damp, rot, and Japanese knotweed are just some of the blights that can ruin a property pur...

Dec 15, 2014

How to save a deposit

The average UK property price at the beginning of 2015 is in the region of £160,000 accor...

Don’t fall foul of these hidden costs of homebuying

You might think you know the main costs of buying a home, but hidden extras can add up to ...

Oct 11, 2021

Low deposit mortgage deals see dramatic rate cuts

Borrowers with a five or 10 per cent deposit are seeing significant reductions in the cost...

Oct 08, 2021

Coventry Building Society launches 95% mortgages

The lender has loosened its first-time buyer lending criteria and added new deals for thos...

Sep 29, 2021

Grandparents gifted more than £400m during stamp duty holiday

Older homeowners have given nearly £1m a day for house deposits using equity release plan...

Sep 24, 2021

HSBC launches lowest 95 per cent fixed mortgage

Rates are still falling, and now those with lower deposits are feeling the benefit

Aug 19, 2021

Homeowners over £300,000 better off than long-term renters

Not only does a mortgage cost less over the long term, homeowners potentially build up pro...

Six bank statement mistakes that can ruin a mortgage application

Being overdrawn and having a history of payday loans can be red flags to lenders when they...

Six in 10 don’t know when to negotiate on price during a property purchase

Love it or loathe it, understanding how to negotiate can be a valuable skill to have in th...

SPF Private Clients to arrange mortgages for Huf Haus properties

Mortgage brokerage SPF Private Clients has announce a partnership with Huf Haus, a German...

Guide to borrowing past retirement age

As an older borrower, you may be concerned that a lender will not offer you a mortgage pas...

Mortgage market biased against homeowners

Buy-to-let property investors are unfairly favoured in the mortgage market, an independent...

Should buy-to-let investors ‘go Dutch’?

The Netherlands is revealed as Europe’s top buy-to-let property hotspot

Private sector tenants in poverty double in decade

The number of private rented sector tenants in poverty has doubled in the last decade from...

Large mortgage broker firm launches with fees of over 1%

An insurance firm has launched a mortgage advice service

Second steppers targeting detached properties

Those living in their first home are increasingly looking to reduce the steps to their lon...

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