We're second-time buyers - high mortgage rates stopped us getting a bigger house

We're second-time buyers - high mortgage rates stopped us getting a bigger house

After dipping their toes into the property market, many first-time buyers seek to climb the housing ladder with their next purchase. Conventional wisdom states that households have a lifetime journey up the property ladder through different homes – increasingly bigger and more expensive – as their income and financial circumstances improve. But Michaela Simsova and her partner Andrei have taken a different path. The couple, who currently live in…