The family – who paid £567,000 for their home in the Eden Grove development in Staines-upon-Thames – is part of a growing trend of first-time buyers skipping smaller properties in favour of larger ones. Such is the demand, three-bedroom homes now typically sell in 55 days, five days faster than the average property in Britain's sluggish market. Skipping to threeAccording to the moving comparison site reallymoving, 44pc of first-time buyers are now plumping for a three-bedder, up from 40pc in 2022. In the East Midlands, where three-bed homes average £244,927, 54pc do. In London – where the average three-bedroom home is significantly more expensive at £582,422 – 21pc of buyers purchase a property of this size as their first home.