First-time buyer mortgages on the rise, reveal UK Finance figures
First-time buyers helped to give the housing market a sense of momentum towards the end of 2018, new figures from UK Finance have revealed. November saw 36,200 mortgages completed for first-time buyers (FTBs), a rise of 5.8% on the same month a year earlier. The £6 billion of new lending to FTBs in the month … Read more