It has become especially hard for young people to get a foothold in the housing market, banks and mortgage lenders say. Here are the biggest stumbling blocks.
It is common sense to carry out a thorough credit assessment of young borrowers who are buying a home for the first time.
But lending rules have become so boxy and rigid that young people risk being turned down even when taking out a loan would be entirely sound financially. Or they are offered loans on unnecessarily tough terms.
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