The
share of homes bought by first-time buyers is set to drop for the first time in
five years.
Zoopla has forecast
that the decision by major banks to pull low-deposit mortgages will result in
first-time buyers accounting for just 33.9% of home purchases in 2020, down
from 34.9% in 2019.
It anticipates that
this trend will continue, with first-time buyers accounting for less than a
third next year.