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London first-time buyers have to save a mega-deposit of £144,000 warns BSA

London is at the epicentre of the first-time buyer crisis facing the UK, according to a new report from the Building Societies Association (BSA).

A first-time buyer today would need a deposit of £144,000 and an income of £96,000 to get on the London ladder, they estimated.

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