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Jess Grieveson-Smith & Aaron Morris

Money saving expert Martin Lewis urges first-time buyers to claim extra £33,000 to help get them on the property ladder

A well-known financial expert is urging first-time buyers to utilise a lifetime individual savings account - to assist them in landing their first home with additional bonuses from the Government.

ITV's Martin Lewis recently took to social media to discuss the property ladder with his followers, revealing he'd recently been sent a statistic informing him that the average age for buying a first home had jumped from 29 ten years ago to 32.

The money guru wanted to make sure those who are looking to buy are aware of all schemes that could help them, emphasising the Lifetime ISA (LISA) - Yorkshire Live reports.

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