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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Saffron Otter

HISTORICAL FACTS: We were pushed into a 100 mortgage it almost left us with nothing - Caught on Camera

At just 21, Becky Stevenson was excited to finally move out of her parents' and buy her first home.

While she'd been paying £100 a month board to her mum and dad, she was in full-time work and had managed to put aside some of her earnings each month.

She found her dream first property in Sheffield for just £72,000 in 2003, and with her savings combined with her then-partner's, they had racked up more than £10,000 for a deposit.

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