August 17, 2007

Advice becoming popular for first-time buyers

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The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has supported data released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) highlighting that its own figures reveal a decline in first time buyer numbers. With rising interest rates and sky-high property prices, it’s not surprising ...


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