Though spending £2,000-plus a month on rent seemed ridiculous, buying a property was not an easy option
First-time buyers: how to pick a mortgage and the best UK deals Dream homes for first-time buyers in England – in pictures
I started looking into buying a property in June 2022 – partly driven by my parents, who thought the £2,040 a month I was paying in rent was ridiculous. They weren’t wrong.
I knew I would love to own somewhere, but from listening to the news and what I knew of the London housing market, I thought it was out of my reach.
