{"id":143155,"date":"2024-03-22T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/diary-of-a-first-time-buyer-five-brokers-four-offers-but-at-last-im-a-homeowner\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:19:12","slug":"diary-of-a-first-time-buyer-five-brokers-four-offers-but-at-last-im-a-homeowner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/diary-of-a-first-time-buyer-five-brokers-four-offers-but-at-last-im-a-homeowner\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a first-time buyer: \u2018Five brokers, four offers – but at last I\u2019m a homeowner\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThough spending \u00a32,000-plus a month on rent seemed ridiculous, buying a property was not an easy optionFirst-time buyers: how to pick a mortgage and the best UK deals Dream homes for first-time buyers in England \u2013 in picturesI started looking into buying a property in June 2022 \u2013 partly driven by my parents, who thought the \u00a32,040 a month I was paying in rent was ridiculous. They weren\u2019t wrong.I knew I would love to own somewhere, but from listening to the news and what I knew of the London housing market, I thought it was out of my reach. Continue reading…
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