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Tuesday 19th May 2015, Property media watch:
“New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has revealed that most first time buyers are having to wait longer than planned to take their first step onto the property ladder. The Banks’ Annual First Time Buyers (FTB) Survey found that almost two thirds (65%) had to wait longer than they hoped to move into their dream home, while only 8% managed to become a homeowner quicker than planned.”
“The housing policies from the Conservative Party seem to be most in-tune with the needs of first time buyers in the UK, particularly Help to Buy according to new research. In particular getting empty homes back in to the market has strong support but this was planned by the Liberal Democrats who are no longer in coalition with the Conservatives, says the Halifax Generation Rent report that provides ongoing insight into the attitudes and behaviour of young people towards home ownership.”
“A welcome piece of public realm has been built in the Jewellery Quarter, something the city needs more of, argues Joe Holyoak. Recently completed is Golden Square in the Jewellery Quarter. It’s small, and it’s fairly unpretentious (though not entirely so), and it is very welcome as a new local public space, in a district which previously has possessed only St Paul’s Square on its periphery.”