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Ode to the First Time Buyer

Ode to the First Time Buyer Getting on the property ladder is no easy task. Our First Time Buyer shares your pain! Watch how she reached her homebuying goal by working with peers to raise her property deposit. StepLadder is a friend to the first time buyer and we aim to empower you to reach your […]

StepLadder in City AM

Originally published on City AM, on Jan 30th 20-19, by Katherine Denham. Home buyers don’t need a deposit for a ‘Bank of Mum and Dad mortgage’, but does this signal a worrying trend? In the years leading up to the financial crisis, it was relatively easy for wannabe homeowners to get loans for […]

StepLadder in Best Advice

Originally published on BestAdvice, on Jan 16th 20-19, by Kevin Rose. Fintech supports generation rent onto property ladder Deposit saving platform StepLadder has launched a solution for first-time buyers across the UK, after a pilot in 2018. StepLadder groups members in ‘circles’ in which each individual contributes (through a peer-to-peer platform) an identical amount of money […]

StepLadder in Peer2Peer Finance News

Orginally publsihed on P2PFinanceNews, on Jan 15th, by Hannah Smith P2P start-up launches to help millennials on to property ladder FINTECH start-up StepLadder has launched a peer-to-peer savings platform which aims to help millennials onto the property ladder. StepLadder says it is the UK’s first collaborative deposit saving platform, inspired by credit unions and building […]

StepLadder in Business Cloud

Originally published on BusinessCloud, Jan 21st 2019, by Jonathan Symcox. FORMER SILICON VALLEY STAR TACKLING ‘GENERATION RENT’ CRISIS A former Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched an innovative start-up that could help solve the UK’s ‘generation rent’ crisis. It is no secret that spiralling house prices – and therefore deposits – are pricing many people out […]