I’ve bought my first house at 22 with a 100% mortgage: Most people my age are still living with their parents…

Getting on the property ladder is something many people now achieve in their 30s or 40s… if at all.

The average age of first-time buyers has been steadily rising thanks to increasing house prices, stagnant wages and lately, higher mortgage rates and inflation. In England it’s now estimated to be 34.

But for Saffron Green, 22 and husband Reece, 24, the dream of homeownership has been met remarkably early when they managed to buy a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the market town of Pontefract near Leeds.

In doing so, they have not only defied the odds by buying so young, but also accomplishing

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