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Friday, 17 January, 2020

Millennial MoneyLucy Watson
Why I won’t be taking up a savings challenge
Putting aside £100 a week is just a pipe dream — and what would it achieve anyway?
Thursday, 7 November, 2019

First-time buyers increasingly look to buy three-bed homes
Fewer purchasers express an interest in one-bedroom flats
Friday, 18 October, 2019

Q&AChart that Tells a Story
Surge in home loans to first-time buyers
Concerns remain over long-term repayment plans
Friday, 11 October, 2019

Mortgages
Continuing rise of the 40-year mortgage
57 per cent of deals now offer a four-decade term
Wednesday, 18 September, 2019

Mortgages
First-time buyers foxed by property jargon
Survey reveals widespread ignorance of popular mortgage terminology
Tuesday, 30 July, 2019

Mortgages
First-time buyers ‘underestimate size of deposit’
Two-fifths of 18 to 40-year-olds have saved nothing towards their first home
Tuesday, 16 July, 2019

Q&AChart that Tells a Story
Highly leveraged mortgages back at pre-crisis peak
Mortgage lenders compete to offer 90 per cent plus loan-to-value deals
Friday, 14 June, 2019

UK Inequality
Millennials as likely to own second home as baby boomers
Lucky minority of young matching fortunes of earlier generations. finds Resolution Foundation
Friday, 10 May, 2019

FT SeriesBest of FT Money 2019
Where Britain’s wealthiest live
High-earning hotspots soared in price after the financial crisis — but some have suffered since the Brexit vote
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Tuesday, 30 April, 2019

Q&AChart that Tells a Story
‘Brexit effect’ blamed for fall in stamp duty receipts
Sale of homes valued at £1m-£2m slows as political uncertainty weighs on property market
Friday, 8 March, 2019

Next Act
‘Last-time buyers’ need help to downsize
New report argues that breaks should not just be given to younger buyers
Friday, 22 February, 2019

Mortgages
Number of first-time buyers in UK hits 12-year high
Mortgage lending data show the impact of Help to Buy and the Bank of Mum and Dad
Thursday, 22 November, 2018

Mortgages
Homebuyers liable for stamp duty at a four-year low
First-time buyers save £142m via government’s relief scheme in the latest quarter
Friday, 19 October, 2018

Mortgages
First-time buyers forced further from London
Londoners end up purchasing in cheaper areas, including Thurrock, Basildon and Luton
Friday, 5 October, 2018

Home ownership among young down 10 percentage points
One in five has no savings, says ONS data
Friday, 31 August, 2018

Merryn Somerset Webb
The Bank of Mum and Dad risks going out of business
Parents do untold harm by giving children money from their pensions
Friday, 17 August, 2018

FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
Eight questions every first-time buyer should ask
Thursday, 2 August, 2018

Help to buy
Help to Buy property owners need help to refinance
Big lenders refuse customers with government loans
Wednesday, 25 July, 2018

UK property
Housing becomes less affordable for first-time buyers
Prospective buyers in London forced to spend 13 times their annual earnings
Friday, 13 July, 2018

Mortgage deal boost for young professionals
Clydesdale offers low-deposit scheme for dentists, doctors, lawyers and others
Thursday, 7 June, 2018

Property buyers switch location to beat stamp duty
‘More needs to be done to boost affordability for capital’s first-time buyers’
Monday, 7 May, 2018

Millennials
Radical action urged to help millennials buy first home
Commission proposes wealth taxes to fund £10,000 ‘citizen’s inheritance’
Friday, 27 April, 2018

UK property taxation
Stamp duty cut helps nearly 70,000 first-time buyers
Londoners save more than £4,000 on average due to new relief
Tuesday, 24 April, 2018

First-time buyers start small with ‘pocket’ homes
Compact flats are aimed at single renters priced out of London property market
Friday, 23 February, 2018

Millennials poorer than previous generations
Stagnant wages and rising house prices hit disposable income levels