A “moronic” policy, or “a welcome boost to buyer confidence” – in the year since the chancellor first announced the Help to Buy scheme for homebuyers, his plan has attracted a full range of descriptions, and although he announced on…
Lending to first-time buyers increased 38 per cent year-on-year in January 2014 as the market continues to gain strength. There were 21,800 loans advanced in the first month of the year and their total value was £3.1 billion, according to…