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MBL: Mortgages for first time buyers

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2804 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Buying your first home has always been a challenge, but amid the madness of 2020 it could be harder than ever. Adam Shaw and a panel of guests answer calls from would-be first-time buyers, from the actor just starting to think about getting on the property ladder, to the social worker wondering whether shared ownership is the answer, and the dad who's seen his dream home slip away as lenders demand larger deposits.

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Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton & Darin Graham Editor: Emma Rippon

Transcript

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0:00.0

In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

0:08.0

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

0:12.0

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

0:18.0

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? When lies are still being told to this day,

0:24.0

who do you believe? I wouldn't even know where to start and I'm with the IRA.

0:28.5

Steakknife. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:33.5

BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts.

0:41.5

Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the podcast about your money.

0:44.9

And today it's all about first-time home buyers.

0:50.5

We'll be talking about getting your first mortgage, the lifetime ISO, which helps you buy a home, shared ownership.

0:55.3

Indeed, how realistic buying a home for many people really is and much, much more.

1:01.6

If you have a question or a story to share, do email us on Moneybox at BBC.com.uk, or you can tweet us at Moneybox. First of all, we're joined by Nula, who is an actor and director.

1:08.2

Hello. Hi. Actor and director, things must be tougher than normal at the moment.

1:13.2

So many live performances having to be cancelled.

1:15.9

Are you having a tough time of it?

1:18.0

Yeah, I would tend to say that the industry is hugely affected at this moment.

1:24.3

And as everyone may know, it's greatly missed to not have the arts

1:31.6

as primary as they can often be.

1:35.3

Of course. Now, I mean, not only do you have those issues facing you, but you're on this path

1:41.0

to trying to buy a home. Where are you on that?

1:44.3

What are your concerns or plans?

1:48.3

My concerns are more just that it's a slightly magical path to a mortgage that I seem

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