04-06-2008
Report highlights boon for first-time buyers
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A new report has highlighted how the current downturn in the housing market can be beneficial to first-time property buyers.
According to analysts Hometrack, the falling cost of housing in the UK could make it possible for a number of first-time buyers to purchase a property over the course of 2008, reports the BBC.
However, there are still concerns over the ability of such buyers to secure a property, given the ongoing shortage of suitable mortgages.
"While house prices are falling, access to the property market is being increasingly limited by the costs and more restrictive terms of a substantially reduced supply of mortgage finance," said Professor Steve Wilcox, a representative from York University.
Professor Wilcox provided data for Hometrack's report, which also noted that 28 per cent of the UK's young adults are presently unable to purchase even the least expensive property in their local market.