First-time buyer enquiries jumped by 22% between February and March, becoming the second most popular search term overall for the month, according to new data from Legal &...

First-time-buyer type properties hit a new record price of £224,963 this month according to the latest data released by Rightmove which highlights that demand amongst prospective...

After helping more than 350,000 people buy their own homes since its launch in 2013, Help to Buy came to an end at the close of March prompting calls from the industry to get behind...

With the final deadline of Help to Buy passing last Friday, Sarah Thompson, from Mortgage Scout, looks back at the scheme and how it worked and considers the alternatives for those...

A shift in attitudes to using the home to fund family support has been picked up by new Legal & General Home Finance research which found that, while the vast majority of...

Filling the £105bn housing market hole left by Help-to-Buy, which ends on the 31st of this month, will not be easy even with multiple alternative government buying schemes to...

With rising interest rates and the ongoing cost of living crisis, getting onto the property ladder has never been more challenging. As such, growing numbers of first-time buyers will...

Following a quiet winter period, newly released CACI data analysed by first direct has revealed that mortgage applications saw a sharp rise in February as the market predictably shifts...

The lack of any tangible announcements in last Wednesday's budget relating to the housing market was branded as a 'missed opportunity' by many across the industry. In particular,...

A 31% rise in the number of 18-24 year-olds looking for overseas property in Europe to escape UK housing affordability issues has been picked up by analysts at property portal,...