{"id":156955,"date":"2025-07-04T06:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-turn-from-rural-areas-to-britains-regional-cities\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:11:06","slug":"first-time-buyers-turn-from-rural-areas-to-britains-regional-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-turn-from-rural-areas-to-britains-regional-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"First-time buyers turn from rural areas to Britain\u2019s regional cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nNumber looking to move to urban centres up 16% in first five months of 2025 compared with same period in 2015With the rise of home working and surging house prices in many urban areas, one might have assumed that British cities had lost some of their appeal to homebuyers over the past decade, but it turns out the opposite is the case.An analysis of the first five months of this year shows the number of would-be first-time buyers in Great Britain looking to move to cities is up by 16% on average compared with the same period in 2015. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/jul\/04\/first-time-buyers-turn-from-rural-areas-to-great-britains-regional-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First-time buyers turn from rural areas to Britain\u2019s regional cities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Number looking to move to urban centres up 16% in first five months of 2025&#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-156955","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-EPx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144541,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/house-price-growth-in-rural-areas-outstrips-towns-in-great-britain\/","url_meta":{"origin":156955,"position":0},"title":"House price growth in rural areas outstrips towns in Great Britain","date":"May 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Countryside semis are strongest-performing property type, with average price up 22% over five yearsRural areas have trumped towns and cities in house price growth over the past five years, with a semi in the countryside the top-performing property type, according to data for Great Britain.The figures, issued by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105133,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/these-are-the-best-and-worst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":156955,"position":1},"title":"These are the best and worst cities for first-time home buyers","date":"March 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r For first-time home buyers, these overlooked metro areas offer some of the biggest advantages \u2014 and less competition from other buyers.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...These are the best and worst cities for first-time home buyers","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":122878,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-prime-area-housing-model-may-boost-demand-for-flats-in-nearby-areas\/","url_meta":{"origin":156955,"position":2},"title":"New prime area housing model may boost demand for flats in nearby areas","date":"October 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Future HDB flats launched under the PLH model have tighter rules\u00a0like an extended MOP period of 10 years, which may push potential buyers towards flats in city-fringe areas that are not subject to such restrictions. 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