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Brits face biggest obstacles in 70 years to buying a first home

Britons hoping to buy their first home face the most difficult conditions in 70 years, according to a new report released Monday.

First-time buyers are grappling with the twin challenges of historically high down payments and steep mortgage repayments, whereas many previous generations faced either one or the other, says the study by the Building Societies Association, a trade body whose members account for almost a quarter of all mortgage lending in the United Kingdom.

“Becoming a first-time buyer is expensive, possibly the most expensive it has been over at least the last 70 years,” the BSA report says. “During some periods both the cost of buying (down payments) and the cost of owning (mortgage repayments) have been high. This is the situation that many prospective first-time buyers now find themselves in.”

The analysis finds that the typical first-time buyer needs to stump up a down payment, or deposit, of around £60,000 ($74,000), rising to £144,000 ($178,000) in London, where “support from family appears almost essential.”

Magister ,
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the typical first-time buyer paid 22.5% of their gross monthly income on mortgage repayment

only 22.5?!? I’m sure some people are at 50%

wintermute_oregon ,

In america you wouldn’t get a loan. I assume the Brit’s are the same.

sirico ,
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If the government really cared, they’d ban avocado and toast already

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

The analysis finds that the typical first-time buyer needs to stump up a down payment, or deposit, of around £60,000 ($74,000), rising to £144,000 ($178,000) in London, where “support from family appears almost essential.”

Meanwhile, rising mortgage rates have pushed repayments back up toward levels last seen during the period leading up to the global financial crisis, the report says.

Then, about a year later, mortgage costs shot up again after then-Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled her disastrous “mini-budget,” which included billions in unfunded tax cuts, sparking panic among bond traders over the sustainability of the UK’s public finances.

The BSA report, citing data from UK Finance, an association of banks and other financial service providers, says the typical first-time buyer paid 22.5% of their gross monthly income on mortgage repayments in November last year, up from 16.8% in March 2022.

That has excluded many potential buyers — such as single people and those without financial help from their families — from home ownership, the analysis finds.

“An election is due within the next year and a new government, committed to helping prospective first-time buyers, might start by acknowledging the challenges younger generations face not just in housing but more generally,” the BSA said.

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