Seven ways to buy your first home WITHOUT the bank of mum and dad

PARENTS are handing over billions of pounds to get their children on to the property ladder, but if you can’t call on family for cash, there are other ways to get help.

Gifts and loans to first-time buyers from the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’ totalled a whopping £9.4billion in 2023, and a total of £30billion is expected to be paid out over the next three years, according to research by estate agent Savills.  

In total...