First-time buyer went from saving £150 to £1,000 a month by giving up nights out and bagging top savings accounts

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A FIRST-time buyer from London boosted his savings by up to £850 a month by giving up nights out and splitting his cash across four bank accounts. Joseph Torgbor, 29, bought his two-bed terraced ho…

I had around £2,000 saved when I seriously decided to sort out my finances because I knew I could do more.She said I needed to put away my savings away straightaway, rather than save whatever I had left over at the end of the month.

You're limited to how much you can put in every month and it can only stay open for a year so you'll need to move the cash into a savings account when you close it.Joseph had been living at home in his parents until he bought his own placeBoth me and my girlfriend opened Help to Buy Isas with £1,200 and then put in £200 each.

I was lucky that I could live with my parents - I would have struggled to save so much if I was renting.How did you decided on location? It took us around eight or nine months to find the the right house. We started off looking at properties that really varied in price because we didn't really know what we could afford.

 

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