New Mortgage Guides

Other Mortgage Guides

Mortgage Types

Mortgage Tools

Gap year travellers stay home and save for a mortgage
Thu, 17 Jan 2008
According to recent research by Abbey Mortgages, students in the UK are struggling with the life decision of whether to choose a gap year or stay home and save for a mortgage .

When they were asked, one out of every ten UK graduates who took a gap year said they would revise their decision in light of the housing market today. Young people, some thought, need to think about mortgages at an earlier date.

Research indicated that as many as 42 per cent of students were already saving to buy their first house . The head of mortgages at Abbey, Nici Audlham-Gardiner, was reportedly quoted in the financial news as saying that students: "now need to weigh up the benefits of travelling against jumping straight into a career and being able to afford to get onto the property ladder ."

Link to this page

Copy and Paste the following HTML into your page.

Mortgage lenders

Browse mortgage lender offersMortgage Rates by Lender

  • Browse current mortgage offers from over 90 lenders.
Browse

Worried about mortgage repayments?Worried about Mortgage Repayments?

  • Join our petition to Government to bail out burdened individuals, not just banks.
Sign the petition

Free mortgage quoteFree Mortgage Quote

Apply Here

Mortgages in Scotland Mortgages in Scotland

Read More

Equity releaseEquity Release

  • Unlock equity in your home.
Apply Here

Switching mortgagesSwitching Mortgages

Read More

Home reversion plansHome Reversion Plans

Apply Here

Commercial mortgages Commercial Mortgages

  • Commercial property loans
  • Starting a business?
Apply Here

Arrears & CCJs?

  • Remortgages
  • Sub prime mortgages
  • Arrears, CCJs
  • Self certification
  • Debt consolidation
Apply Now

Protect your mortgageProtect Your Mortgage

  • 3 months free mortgage protection cover
Apply Now

Mortgage Newsletter