First-time buyers: Tips from those who've made it on to the housing ladder

Lucy AchesonBusiness reporterCameron SmithGeorgia and Cameron saved for nearly three years for their depositThe Bank of England has cut interest rates for the second time this year - welcome news for first-time buyers after years of rising mortgage costs and spiralling house prices.But it's still tough. More than half of first-time buyers still rely on the so-called bank of mum and dad to get on the property…