Episode 27: First-Home Help Hits Limits as Costs Squeeze Buyers and Builders
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A smaller deposit is useful only if the home you need qualifies. New analysis suggests just 32% of newly built two-bedroom London flats currently marketed fall within Your First Home’s price caps.In The Brief from Willow Private Finance for 2 November 2026, we connect Wesley Ranger’s latest reporting on buyers’ limited choices, the OBR’s weaker housing forecast and the mortgage renewals facing millions of households next year.Building on recent episodes about buyer support, development finance and refinancing, we follow the pressure through the market: households need affordable homes, while builders need sales that cover the cost of delivery.Read the articles:London’s two-bedroom flats and the first-home price capsOBR cuts its housing forecast by 190,000 homesWhat remortgaging in 2027 could costThe OBR downgrade is cumulative across its forecast period. General information, not personal financial, tax or legal advice.Your home or property may be repossessed if you don't keep up repayments on borrowing secured against it.Follow The Brief for UK property finance news and practical guidance.
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- Episode 31 : Rates Rise to 4%: Where Can Buyers Still Find a Way In?
- Episode 30 : Bigger Loans, Costlier Renewals: Borrowers Rethink Their Mortgages
- Episode 29: Recovery Delayed, Buyers Walk Away and Landlord Options Widen
- Episode 28: Mortgage Cuts, Costly Trackers and a New Route from Building to Renting
- Episode 26: Prices Stall, London Discounts Deepen. Could Bigger Mortgages Get Buyers Moving?
- Episode 25: Mortgage Renewals Gather Pace as Expat Borrowing Options Widen
- Episode 24: Smaller Deposits, More Time to Sell and a Tax Break for Moving to Britain
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