Related topic: First-time buyer

Advisers carried out more than 1.7 million first-time buyer searches between 1st January and 29th May.

The gap gets even wider with London excluded - with a house being 2.3 times the price of a flat.

The value homeowners place on human advice over digital alternatives remains firm. 

Simon Chapman, group head of marketing at Vida Bank, explores why first-time buyers remain the most important cohort within the UK housing market, the key affordability challenges...

The mortgage lender has cut rates between 85% to 95% LTV.

Nationwide’s lowest rate now stands at 4.29%.

Despite growing challenges, the overall credit quality of first-time buyers has improved and average monthly mortgage payments have decreased.

Millions of foreign nationals are ready to buy, but has the mortgage market caught up?

Ash Borland, mortgage business coach at Ash Borland Consulting, explains why the mortgage industry hasn't got a lead problem, it's got a triage problem.

New data from Mojo Mortgages’ First-Time Buyer Sentiment Survey 2026 has underlined the personal sacrifices made by FTBs to hit deposit goals.