Your Money: Homes.. Here's a Leg Up On to the Ladder ; One in Three Would-Be First Time Buyers Have Given Up Hope of a Home in the Next Year Thanks to Soaring Prices. When an Average House in the Uk Costs Pounds 150,000 - and Pounds 240,00 in London - It's Easy to See Why. But There Are Still Ways to Get On the Property Ladder Say Our Experts...

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KELLY von der Stein, 23, and Catherine MacDougall, 26, realised that the only way they could ever afford to buy a house in Bath was by doing it together.

Now they are getting a pounds 143,000 three-bedroom house. Kelly said: "It would be impossible alone. We couldn't raise the pounds 7,150 deposit or borrow enough on our incomes. We'll have a contract which says we must keep it for two years, then if one wants out, she must agree to sell, or buy the other's share."

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Your Money: Homes.. Here's a Leg Up On to the Ladder ; One in Three Would-Be First Time Buyers Have Given Up Hope of a Home in the Next Year Thanks to Soaring Prices. When an Average House in the Uk Costs Pounds 150,000 - and Pounds 240,00 in London - It's Easy to See Why. But There Are Still Ways to Get On the Property Ladder Say Our Experts...

LIVE OVER THE SHOP

FORMER local authority properties and flats above commercial premises are cheaper than standard flats.

Ben Thompson of Clear Cut Mortgage Company (pictured below) said: "These properties ...

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