Not that difficult to buy a home in UK, says NatWest chair

Howard Davies criticised as being ‘out of touch’ as number of first-time buyers is at lowest level in a decade

The chair of NatWest has claimed it is not “that difficult” to get on the property ladder, despite the number of first-time buyers with a mortgage falling to the lowest level in a decade.

“I don’t think it is that difficult at the moment,” Sir Howard Davies told the BBC.