{"id":124312,"date":"2022-01-22T07:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/average-uk-first-time-buyer-is-now-older-than-30-says-halifax\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T08:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T01:05:51","slug":"average-uk-first-time-buyer-is-now-older-than-30-says-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/average-uk-first-time-buyer-is-now-older-than-30-says-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Average UK first-time buyer is now older than 30, says Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAverage age is highest in London, at 33, as numbers rise at record rate despite surging house pricesThe average age for joining the property ladder in Britain has risen to above 30 in every region of the country, as surging house prices mean first-time buyers must save for longer before they can afford their own home.Halifax, the UK\u2019s biggest mortgage lender, said the national average for a first home purchase had risen to 32 in 2021 from 29 a decade earlier, and was above 30 for every region. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/jan\/22\/average-uk-first-time-buyer-is-now-older-than-30-says-halifax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Average UK first-time buyer is now older than 30, says Halifax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Average age is highest in London, at 33, as numbers rise at record rate despite&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wl2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97442,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/house-prices-rose-at-fastest-rate-in-almost-a-year-says-halifax\/","url_meta":{"origin":124312,"position":0},"title":"House prices rose at fastest rate in almost a year, says Halifax","date":"September 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Lender\u2019s August data differs from that of rival Nationwide, pointing to north-south marketHouse price inflation has risen to its highest rate in nearly a year, according to Halifax, with prices accelerating at an annual rate of 3.7%, significantly above the rate of wage growth.Britain\u2019s biggest mortgage lender said the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1128,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-first-time-buyer-numbers-fall-for-first-time-in-four-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":124312,"position":1},"title":"UK first-time buyer numbers fall for first time in four years","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Number down 0.5% on 2014, to 310,000, with average deposit required rising above \u00a330,000The number of first-time buyers in the UK housing market has fallen for the first time in four years, with the typical deposit required to buy a property now above \u00a330,000.The estimated number of first-time buyers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148411,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/average-uk-house-price-hits-record-300000-as-demand-remains-undented\/","url_meta":{"origin":124312,"position":2},"title":"Average UK house price hits record \u00a3300,000 as demand remains undented","date":"December 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Cost of housing at all-time high, Halifax reports, as mortgage lengths and borrowing multiples growAnother month, another record for house prices. 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