How to Save £17,000 for a First Home Deposit
A new guide outlines four practical approaches renters can use to build enough savings for a first-time home deposit.
A new guide outlines four practical approaches renters can use to build enough savings for a first-time home deposit.

With a typical deposit for a first home now around £17,000, BBC Business outlines approaches aspiring buyers can use to build savings.

Shares in British housebuilders jumped after the government unveiled a new scheme aimed at helping first-time buyers, though implementation details remain unclear.

A guide outlines four practical ways to build savings toward a first-time home deposit.
The prime minister says the plan aims to help people without support from the 'bank of mum and dad' get onto the property ladder.
The scheme is aimed at people without support from the bank of mum and dad who want to get onto the property ladder.
The new help-to-buy programme aims to support first-time buyers in England who lack a large deposit or family financial help, the prime minister told the Guardian.