The number of first-time buyers was up 7.4% last year
According to experts, now is the best time to be a first-time buyer in the UK. Numerous support programmes from the Government, including cuts to stamp duty, as well as well lower deposit and cheap mortgage deals, the number of people buying a home for the first-time is on the rise. According to UK Finance (the trade body for Britain’s banks), an astounding 365,000 buyers bought their first home in 2017 – an impressive increase of 7.4% on 2016 and the highest since the financial crisis in 2007/08. In other words, around 1,000 people bought their first-home last year every […]