The number of first-time buyers (FTBs) approved for a mortgage has hit a record high. Around 30,000 new buyers got the green light from lenders to take on a mortgage in the year to August. It is the first time since the Banking and Payments Federation started compiling mortgage figures in 2011 that so many first-time buyers have been approved. It comes as the asking price for housing rose slightly this month when compared with […]
