As part of our coverage of the general election, we take a look at stamp duty and what the two major political parties are saying about it.
The latest articles on first time buyers
Charlotte Yea bought a new-build, two-bed apartment in Winchester and hasn't looked back. Here's why.
First-time buyers accounted for more than half of all home loans in 2023 - and more than two-thirds teamed up to secure their own homes.
How to help first-time buyers is a key policy area in this 2024 general election year. Let’s explore the challenges facing first-time buyers and the pros and cons of the ideas being talked about.
Great beaches, bustling towns and royal boroughs, parts of South East England are within easy reach of the capital. Let's take look at the most affordable places to buy there.
The ‘Boxing Day bounce’ is real and it happens every year. It’s when we see a 50% surge in the number of people looking for homes. Here, Richard Donnell explains why.
We’ve analysed house prices and local salaries in more than 1,000 towns. And the results are in: here are the most affordable places to buy a home in Britain.
Higher mortgage rates mean that renting has become cheaper than buying a home for the first time since 2010.
Our homes are the second-highest producers of carbon every year in the UK. New-build developers want to change that. Here's how.
