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First-time buyers face unaffordable blackspots in some British cities

A new report by Post Office Money Mortgages has looked at the affordability of houses in British cities for first-time buyers. In some, but not all, British cities rising house prices are making it very difficult for first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder, with some cities becoming “unaffordable blackspots”. According to Post Office…

New blow to first-time buyers: zero-hour contracts

The rapid rise of “zero-hour contracts” is making it even harder for young people to step on to the property ladder, mortgage brokers have warned. Zero hours just means an employee is “on-call” without a minimum amount of weekly work specified in the contract. Mortgage experts said, like the self-employed, aspiring home owners’ options will…