Boost for first-time buyers
Sunderland Echo
|December 26, 2025
Choice of low deposit mortgages 'highest since 2008'
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The choice of low deposit mortgages is at its highest since 2008, in a positive sign for first-time buyers, according to a financial information website.
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At the start of December, there were 476 products on the market for borrowers with a 5% deposit, and 917 deals for people with a 10% deposit, according to financial information website Moneyfacts.
The website, which has recorded data for the start of each month, said this is the highest count for products offered at these deposit sizes since March 2008.
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