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The UK’s housing market has been one of the biggest surprises of the global pandemic. With the government’s Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday, announced July 2020 and initially scheduled to end March [...]

Saving for a deposit can be a real struggle for several would-be first-time buyers. That, and the fact the higher loan-to-value mortgage schemes have declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck many mortgage lenders withdrew their high loan-to-value (LTV) products, leaving first-time buyers with smaller deposits unable to access mortgage products that [...]

Over the years the government has announced various schemes to help both first-time buyers and previous homeowners to buy again in a bid to make homeownership more affordable. From Help To Buy: [...]