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APRIL/MAY 2026 / ISSUE 118 / FIRSTTIMEBUYERMAG.CO.UK
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69 The best FTB properties
68 After renting for two years, Louise Clarke decided to return to Lancashire where she had grown up. After living back with her parents temporarily, she bought a three bedroom semi-detached house in the village of Whalley.
HOMEPAGE 8 FTB Loves. . . . It’s time to spoil your mum on Mother’s Day. Here we round up some lovely treats to make her day extra special. 10 Living Spring is a time when we want to spend time with friends and family
and we bring you some inspired ideas of how to create the perfect space when you are hosting – an environment that’s welcoming, relaxed and effortlessly pretty. 12 At home with: Mel Lamacraft Mel Lamacraft is a highly successful influencer who provides social media content on everything to do with interiors. She talks to Lynda Clark about her new home, which she is currently refurbishing, her career and has some great advice for first time buyers. 14 House Hunter We go on the hunt with Farrah Mathur and Nikki Yen who are looking to buy a new home near Preston with at least two bedrooms and a garden. 16 Developer’s doctor Neill Tickle, Managing Director, Counties & Capital Group, answers your property question.
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18 The View: Claire Sisk Claire is a blind content creator and advocate and has a regular radio show on RNIB Connect Radio. She is also the first blind person to lead cookery lifestyle features on ITV’s This Morning . She tells Lynda Clark about her life, her sight loss and has some excellent advice for first time buyers.
22 Pick Your Path to Homeownership It’s very difficult to navigate the path to homeownership, but Debbie Clark takes a closer look at some of the great schemes available to help you take that first step on the property ladder, including Shared Ownership, Rent to Buy and London Living Rent.
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