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The most and least affordable locations for first-time buyers in UK

First-time buyers face significant affordability gaps across Britain

The Independent UK · Mar 21

London is the UK's least affordable place for first-time buyers, despite improvements last year

The average house price to earnings ratio in London is 7.5 - higher than anywhere in the country

Evening Standard · Mar 21

Hundreds of mortgage deals pulled from market amid threat of triple interest rate rise

Conflict in the Middle East has scuppered hopes of cuts to the base rate

The Independent UK · Mar 20

Mortgage bills soar by £1,100 in London in just two weeks as Trump's Iran war rocks UK economy

‘War in the Middle East is hammering Londoners looking to buy or remortgage,’ says Adam French, head of consumer finance at Moneyfacts

Evening Standard · Mar 17

UK mortgage shelf life dips amid market uncertainty

Mortgages have not disappeared in recent weeks as fast as they did in the aftermath of the mini-budget

The Independent UK · Mar 16

Average 'shelf life' of a mortgage is just two weeks — the shortest period seen in more than two years

There has been a shift in swap rates, which are used to price mortgages

Evening Standard · Mar 16

UK mortgage rates jump, and petrol prices rise, amid ‘Trumpflation’ worries; Oil price falls as Bessent says US is letting Iran ship its crude – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

Average price tag on a home jumped by around £3,000 in March

Home movers are continuing with deals despite mortgage rate rises

Evening Standard · Mar 16

At least 530 mortgage deals have vanished from the market this week – Moneyfacts

Hopes of steadily falling mortgage rates have ‘collapsed’ and given way to a much more uncertain outlook, Moneyfacts said.

Evening Standard · Mar 13

Hundreds of mortgage deals vanish from the market as Britain’s economy flatlined in January

Official figures showed zero growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in January

The Independent UK · Mar 13