Cheap loans and Help to Buy continue to support first-time buyer market

Housebuilding

Fewer potential buyers cite rustling up a deposit as a major hurdle, according to new survey

The government’s Help to Buy programme and low-deposit mortgages are helping to prop up the first-time buyer market, according to the latest data from specialist bank Aldermore.

Research by Aldermore for its first-time buyer index revealed nearly a third (29%) of prospective buyers believed that getting onto the property ladder was difficult and being able to access affordable housing was cited as the second largest challenge, cited by 23%.

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