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Jullia Joson

How hard is it to buy a house? First-time buyers are facing the hardest conditions in 70 years

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According to recent research from the Building Societies Association (BSA), first-time buyers are facing the most difficult conditions in 70 years to get on the property ladder – leaving the future for those looking to buy a house bleak.

There's been a bit of back and forth on whether or not now is a good time to buy a house, given a recent increase in mortgage rates and affordability issues. All these factors considered, it currently makes for a pretty tumultuous housing market that BSA have even gone onto dub as 'broken.'

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