First Time Buyer

Real Life - Hampshire

Real Life - Hampshire

Renting is for pawns, say Stuart and Melanie, now King and Queen of their own abode

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Real Life

  • Real Life - Hawkinge

    Real Life - Hawkinge

    Alex Barr and Reisha Dodds had been living with their parents for some time when Reisha became pregnant and the couple realised it was time to get their own place. They set their sights on a two bedroom home in Deal, Kent last summer, but the purchase fell through when they found out that work had been done on the house without planning permission. Not wanting to pay the price for the previous owner's wrongdoings, the couple had to move fast to find a home before three became family....

  • Real Life - East Ham

    Real Life - East Ham

    Terry Roberts has lived with his mum in east London his whole life. Now he’s finally got a patch all to himself ...

  • Real Life - Liversedge

    Real Life - Liversedge

    After years of living with her parents and sharing a room with her daughter, Samantha Brooke decided it was time to go it alone. She tells FTB how happy she is to finally be on the ladder…...

  • Real Life - Hounslow

    Real Life - Hounslow

    Adeline Towers flies the nest and lands a share in a new development in Hounslow...

  • Real Life - Forest Hill

    Real Life - Forest Hill

    After months of saving for their first home, sisters Joanna and Lindsey Jenkinson made a life-changing decision to take the plunge with friends Iwan and Markus. Working together, the quartet landed their dream investment property, a four bedroom buy-to-let. First Time Buyer pays them a visit in Forest Hill London...

  • Real Life - Leicester

    Real Life - Leicester

    What better way to mark your coming of age than committing to that most adult of responsibilities, a mortgage? Lee Alibone celebrates his twenty-first birthday in style...

  • Real Life - Kew

    From school mates to flat mates, Laura and Angela are sharing the cost of their shared ownership pad

  • Real Life - Knutsford

    Unable to get a leg up on the housing ladder, the Sarikaya family have found another way to se...

  • Real Life - Timperley

    While many househunters have called off the search, Amy hasn’t let the credit crunch affect her d...

  • Real Life - Reading

    Couple Ian Boutle and Samantha Watt are enjoying island life now they’ve put down a deposit on on...

  • Real Life - Earlsfield

    A Yorkshire lass born and bred, Louise Henderson opted to up sticks and buy her first home in the...

  • Real Life - Ipswich

    Having made the big decision to buy their own home instead of renting, Andrew and Shaun though...

  • Real Life - Kings Hill

    From town to country – Polly and Silje swap the big smoke for the big space

  • Real Life - Hatfield

    After renting privately for two years Adam thought he would never be able to buy his own home. Th...

Market Watch

  • To rent or to buy – that is the question

    Recent figures suggest rental prices are now higher than average mortgage payments. Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell investigates whether the time is ripe for ftbs to swap renting for a mortgage According...

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