MoneySaving Poll: How old were you when you bought your first home or have you never?

Former_MSE_Sam_M

Poll started 7 April 2015

How old were you when you bought your first home or have you never bought one?

The government has announced a new Help to Buy ISA where it’ll add 25% onto the deposit savings of first time buyers. So with this in mind, we wanted to see if the age people buy their first home has changed over the years.

Have you bought a home and if so how old were you the first time you did it?

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Alter_ego

29 yrs, it cost me £5750. Hard to pay the mortgage on £35 per week though.

torbrex

I was 33, it cost me £26000, I paid my mortgage off 9 years early and I am told that the house is now worth 3 times what I paid for it.

no1catman

I bought my first one for £19500 in 1981, sold it for £148k in 2007. Now in my 2nd house £206k and have paid off the mortgage.

System

Age 48 after 30 years in Forces MQs

Cyberman60

I was 29 and my new two bed end-terrace cost 37,500. Sold two years later for 62,500, bought new four bed detached for 97,500, now worth just under 400K...

puk999

I bought at age 35. Am now 44. Purchase price £192k with mortgage of £160k. Mortgage now at £80k.

Wish I had a crystal ball, or was more clued up and interested in houses and how they could rise in price. I would've purchased a lot earlier.

tanith

I bought my first property at 20 ,I'm now 67. We bought a 3 bed semi for £7600 .

dollypeeps

Bought at age 19 for 35k with my boyfriend now dh

Now worth 100k approx

Jadorejesu

We just bought our first home, a little dilapidated cottage in rural Ireland. I'm 27, he's 33. It cost us €39,500 and thanks to savings and a loan from my parents we have no mortgage.
We could believe they accepted our offer! It'll be a lot of work to get it looking great but it's now liveable and we've moved in. Handy that my husband's a carpenter so doing most of the work himself!

naked

I'm 31, I bought my first house 5 years ago for £69,000.

The houses at the end of the terrace have been put on the market for £125k and £150k in the last 2 years and both failed to sell. The only difference is that they have extended up into the loft.