Lending to first time buyers with small deposits in UK falling

First time buyers in the UK are still finding themselves left out in the cold as lending to small deposit borrowers is falling as a proportion of all home lending, a new report shows. The Autumn Statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer accompanied a house purchase jump in November with approvals up 1.3% to 70,511, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor from chartered surveyors e.surv. However, it explained that while the Autumn Statement focused on helping more people get on the housing ...