{"id":359098,"date":"2026-01-08T14:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:53:11","slug":"the-number-of-first-time-buyers-getting-mortgages-have-hit-their-highest-levels-ever-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359098\/","title":{"rendered":"The number of first-time buyers getting mortgages have hit their highest levels ever &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE9qeldySm5rNFFzVm1NY2RuN0lpTzczYnpkXzZSTE9ZTGNCMkMzSUVySGVoZEVucm8xVjl5NEpncE9mdXJ4bThvcFZSUTFiTlh1emlkSUpOR2FQOTRWXzVETlh6ZlkzVTk0WHp2enRxS2Nsazg2b2U3MQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The number of first-time buyers getting mortgages have hit their highest levels ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxOeEVyUHhoMVhfYU1ZaS1OZU95QkpSbVJWYVF4eDBTZTI1QWtsZmtyRHNjdVFRUzZqUUptZHRMWFNuTy16RDZmcUtHbE5ZOFF4d0JZNjhyNHFCQnRnVFV1bHQ2LTJQbzhicEl3U3NqR3QzX3J1MlV3NHlfUG1tX0pwZk02LXlPZGtLbk1La1FNS2tqeHhpM3pJRXFXalBGNUxiWmU3ZTdzUVBCdnVYX183VGYtdXZhcnBzNGc4QnNhLVlOZURadTNfbDIwNFU1ZWNYTVEtWGt5SlFGbWR4RVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fall in number of people approved for mortgages as banks blame shortage of homes to buy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBUcGtEZUc3c0ZkVDBTSTgtc1QwellpV2VLWGlTVE80VjRKay1CSlV5OUNHRXdaaU5VTVMxd2xTaXBhaXMzbUdaV082U2JqSGQ3V3BTMlJCTlFoUUVpOUloaUJqZExLVHNzaExNLXFTc3k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decline in mortgage approvals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Midwest Radio<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOX2lZYkU4WmFNNmI4b205dkpRVWE2OWhWMDZPdkd0UFlLYXdYMllUaEpDQ19ra3JLVXRXTmVRc3FvYVNWX2dFazJsT3RWZ0dPVTRYQko3NFFpRFlHZWdMQmZkX3JXc0tHT2Uwd0U5NE82eDJQVVU0YkVLREE5OGJPbEtYY3ltXy1JcUtnRkRqYWhjdzhYWndac1BUZzBqQmJsZEQ2TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Slowdown in mortgage approvals in November<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Law Society of Ireland<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQczlQMmVRanJwU19OLWVqWnh5cHRtN0lpTlRlVFFLRGw0ZDQ4V24zckg4b2JscXNKQnpiZWJqNFRNSUNqZjRyalVBZ2l2NlZIc1Y0V1ctNUZnbGl2SDd0Qk45UldIdVkwZDN6LS1qSUhnbmR5NFBoMl9oZWdobXU4UlRWMnhqUkFYTDhtSjJhbjlDZzZVWFF0OV9jelJiZ0drRGNZMTdrQ1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First-time buyer mortgage approvals hit record levels in 2025 \u2013 BPFI<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number of first-time buyers getting mortgages have hit their highest levels ever&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalFall in number of people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1319,137870,1294,121397,1599,124597,1891,137871,25949,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-359098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-consumer","10":"tag-consumer-issues","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-first-time-buyer","13":"tag-first-time-buyers","14":"tag-homeowners","15":"tag-mortgage","16":"tag-mortgage-approvals","17":"tag-mortgages","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}