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New buyers need parents’ help

May 24, 2007 by admin  
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It is becoming so difficult for first-time buyers to get onto the property ladder that 31 per cent anticipate getting help from their parents to do so.

A further 35 per cent are so daunted by the that they feel they need financial help in order to get their first mortgage,

Research from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) shows that younger people are genuinely struggling to get onto the property market without some kind of financial help.

Figures show that 23 per cent of all homeowners had help from their parents to get where they are today, while that number soars for younger owners.

Of those aged under 29 or younger, 39 per cent had help from their parents and it seems as though this trend is set to continue.

“We were intrigued last year to find that, while around eight out of ten people believed it had never been harder for first-time buyers to enter the market and that action was needed, only eight per cent of them felt that parents should do more to help,” said Bob Pannell, head of research at CML. “Our new research helps to explain why.

“Over the past few years, parents have already been providing significant help to younger home-buyers and there is uncertainty about whether they can do even more.”

Of those who said they think they will need financial help to get onto the property ladder, only 62 per cent expect to get it.

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