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Industry leaders summoned to crisis meeting on first-time buyers

smeagold · 2011-01-31 11:06:28

The summit will be held in London on February 15 and chaired by housing minister Grant Shapps. Problems faced by first-time buyers include the large debts with which they leave university, the high deposits routinely required by lenders, and the increasing likelihood of interest rates rising. According to the Council of…

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Percy1983 Posts: 5,244 Forumite

31 January 2011 at 4:42PM

ILW wrote: »

It must be something pretty special in Oldham for close to a million.

Very true, I will say right now I can' find anything at 900k on rightmove so this is the closest.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26960561.html

Anyway my point was that every area has cheap and expensive housing, to which the true indication of how affordable an area is comes down to the individual expectations.

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