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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Vicky Shaw

‘Missed opportunities’ to help first-time buyers in the Spring Budget 2024

Opportunities to do more to help first-time buyers were missed in the Budget, according to some finance experts.

Previous reports had suggested that a 99 per cent mortgage scheme to help people take their first step on the property ladder was being considered, although some commentators had raised concerns about the potential for buyers to be left in negative equity – where they owed more money than their house was worth.

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