Where in the UK is best for first time buyers?

[Journeybacknorth]

Inspired by the thread on best place in the UK for families.

My adult DC and their partner are currently starting to think about settling down and trying to get on the property ladder, and it got me thinking where in the UK is best for starting out?

To me, their list of requirements - which I think would be similar to most 20 somethings - doesn’t seem outlandish, but apparently it is more of a stretch than I’d have thought.

So if you were in your 20s, had a maximum of £220,000 and wanted the following, where would you look?

• good job market (or well connected to a large employment hub)
• 2 bedroom flat/house (to allow for home office)
• close to a city centre/cultural hub/nice bars and restaurants
• good public transport to avoid need for a car
• nice community feel
• market not going crazy due to BTLs and cash buyers!

And if you were recently in this position, where did you choose - or wish you’d chosen? DH and I became homeowners in very different circumstances so don’t have much wisdom to impart unfortunately.

Newcastle-under-Lyme is also shit

Surely this is most of the UK ?

You can buy a house in most of the UK for that.

However, it seems completely the wrong way round - surely you need to get the job(s) first?

I am in Scotland and I have found that it is a lot cheaper to buy the exact same new build house in Ayrshire/Kilmarnock (£200k) compared to Glasgow (around £360k).

Generally Ayrshire and Kilmarnock are cheaper. I don’t know about the rest of the U.K.

£220k is loads in a lot of the north- our 3 bed semi only cost £158 two years ago in a nice Lancashire suburb (not a rough or rundown area at all).

@Jessie75

🤣🤣🤣🤣 We thought it, you said it. 🤣🤣 It’s absolutely horrific, the whole Stoke, crewe, Warrington corridor

Rude.