Mortgage lenders’ attempts to lure in first-time buyers have stepped up with the UK’s biggest building society allowing some to borrow more.

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    They did this before 2008 and it ended up being responsible for the credit crunch. Housing needs to cost an amount that doesn’t require such extreme mortgages.

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    I guess the people who profited from 2008 have decided it’s time for another slurp at the trough.

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    Current interest rates with six times my salary - not sure I could even afford the repayments.

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    Here comes the next house price hike wave, then.

    Nationwide are also launching deals under 4%.

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    Six times income! Fucking heck.

    Build more houses you bastards!

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    I’m going to assume that by “some” they really mean “the rich ones where mummy and daddy have provided a massive deposit”