{"id":93527,"date":"2026-08-29T07:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93527"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:47:01","slug":"homebuyers-now-need-extra-18200-for-a-deposit-to-counter-higher-mortgage-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/homebuyers-now-need-extra-18200-for-a-deposit-to-counter-higher-mortgage-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebuyers now need extra \u00a318,200 for a deposit to counter higher mortgage rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2b7fS0.img?w=768&h=511&m=6\" alt=\"Properties listed for sale in an estate agent's window in Woking, UK, on Monday, June 1, 2026. UK house prices fell at the fastest pace for almost a year, according to one of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders, suggesting the surge in borrowing costs triggered by the Iran war is placing a strain on prospective homebuyers. Photographer: Jason Alden\/Bloomberg via Getty Images\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The average homebuyer now needs to save an extra \u00a318,200 in deposit funds to counter higher mortgage rates,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/property-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">property<\/a>\u00a0website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/money\/zoopla-reveals-uk-property-hotspots-36709359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Zoopla<\/a> has warned. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/loan\/homebuyers-now-need-extra-18-200-for-a-deposit-to-counter-higher-mortgage-rates\/ar-AA2b7CsZ?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=33f2b05402384aceec13de32b72f2440&ei=15\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The average homebuyer now needs to save an extra \u00a318,200 in deposit funds to counter higher mortgage rates,\u00a0property\u00a0website\u00a0Zoopla has warned. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/property-ladder.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93528,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93527\/revisions\/93528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}