More action needed for first-time buyers

  • Story by: Catherine Couch
  • Magazine: MortgageAdviser
  • Published Wednesday , July 23, 2008

I’m a first-time buyer, or more accurately, I want to be. But there is something rather large coming between myself and my much-desired bricks and mortar - a deposit.

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But how to save for this elusive goal without: a) sharing your house with six other people, or b) spending your Friday nights watching the live Big Brother eviction special?

Both things that I have found myself doing in the past whilst trying to save my pennies, and which inevitably always ends in tears.

So, having secured a "cosy" one-bed rental in South London, and a hefty dose of the bills that go with it, I had set my sights upon saving towards my first house.

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