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First Time Out is an American situation comedy that aired on the The WB Television Network. The series first aired on September 10, 1995 and last aired on December 17, 1995.
The sitcom followed an energetic, ambitious, chubby Jackie (played by Jackie Guerra) who's a graduate of Yale University and who now has a trendy hair salon in Los Angeles, California. She attends law school at night and longed for the day in the world to find a man. Jackie shares an apartment with her two friends, Dominique (played by Leah Remini) and Susan (played by Mia Cottet). Dominique is a cynical assistant at Ventura Records, and neurotic Susan is about to get her license as a psychotherapist. Working with her at the salon are her good friends. Rosa (played by Tracy Vilar) and Freddy (played by Harry van Gorkum), the latter of whom is an obnoxious, womanizing English hairstylist. Rounding out the cast are Madeline (played by Roxanne Beckford), a yuppie executive who lived across the hall, and Nathan (played by Craig Anton), Jackie's klutzy, sex-obsessed childhood friend.
The WB network quoted Jackie, "the first Latina to star in her own series".
A first-time buyer (FTB) is a term used in the British and Irish property markets, and in other countries, for a potential house buyer who has not previously owned a property.
A first-time buyer is usually desirable to a seller as they do not have to sell a property, and as such will not involve a housing chain.[1]
There are many factors a first-time buyer will need to consider before purchasing their first property, such as how much they will be able to borrow, how much they can afford to pay each month, how much initial cash they will need for stamp duty, solicitors fees and a deposit, which sort of mortgage they should use and how they should repay it.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, home ownership is seen as a natural step in the life cycle and the natural form of property tenure.[2][3] Ireland has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the EU at around 80%.[4]
In the UK in the 1980s almost half of all mortgages were taken out by first-time buyers, but this has now declined to only about 15%.. In Ireland, FTP's represent 34% of the market.
In recent years the number of new buyers purchasing property has declined,[5] with FTBs being "priced out of the market" by ever increasing house prices.[6]
In the 2007 Scottish parliamentary election the Scottish National Party proposed a £2,000 grant for first-time buyers to help them get onto the property ladder.[7]
Grants have not been forthcoming in the rest of the UK, but in July 2007 Housing Minister Yvette Cooper announced it would be broadening the government's Homebuy Shared Equity scheme to help buyers. "Unless we act now by 2026 first-time buyers will find average house prices are ten times their salary. That could lead to real social inequality and injustice," Cooper told Parliament.