Tag: mortgage loans

  • First Time Buyer Numbers Increasing Despite House Price Rises

    In 2016, first-time buyers borrowed more money than ever before with a record £53.6bn of mortgage loans being granted to new property owners, a rise of 13.5% compared with 2015. In July 2016, the UK’s largest mortgage lender, Halifax, revealed that the number of people buying properties for the first time was increasing, with 154,200…