{"id":2460,"date":"2015-10-09T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-opt-for-40-year-mortgages-to-get-on-property-ladder\/"},"modified":"2016-01-23T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T11:14:27","slug":"first-time-buyers-opt-for-40-year-mortgages-to-get-on-property-ladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-time-buyers-opt-for-40-year-mortgages-to-get-on-property-ladder\/","title":{"rendered":"First-time buyers opt for 40-year mortgages to get on property ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nProportion of borrowers taking out loans for more than 25 years has doubled in five years, raising concerns over return to risky lending practicesFast-rising house prices are forcing home buyers to stretch their mortgage terms up to 40 years to get a foothold on the property ladder, raising fears of a return to the risky lending practices common before the financial crisis.One in five borrowers are looking to spread their repayments over 30 years or more, compared with one in 12 a year ago, according to the Mortgage Advice Bureau. Most demand comes from first-time buyers, who are opting for longer-term repayments to cut costs, but face paying much larger interest over the longer term. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/oct\/09\/first-time-buyers-stretching-house-prices-mortgage-repayments-property-ladder\" target=\"_blank\">First-time buyers opt for 40-year mortgages to get on property ladder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Proportion of borrowers taking out loans for more than 25 years has doubled in five&#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-2460","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-DG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115480,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mas-waives-tdsr-limits-for-deferred-mortgage-repayments\/","url_meta":{"origin":2460,"position":0},"title":"MAS waives TDSR limits for deferred mortgage repayments","date":"April 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Borrowers who apply to defer either their home loan\u2019s principal payment or both their interest and principal payments will be exempt from the TDSR limitations. 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