Lenders up the ante with bigger loans for first-time homebuyers

Are larger home loans the only way on to the ladder, or a risk too far?

The answer to thousands of first-time buyers' dreams or yet another example of risky lending? Two leading building societies, the Yorkshire and the Newcastle, this week announced they are upping the amounts they will allow first-time buyer couples to borrow in order to help those desperate to get a foot on the property ladder. >>>