The most affordable - and the least affordable - places
for first-time buyers have been revealed by the UK's largest mortgage lender,
the Halifax. Compared to local earnings, the cheapest places to buy are mostly
in western Scotland and northern England. The most expensive are all in London.
East Dunbartonshire, on the northern fringes of Glasgow, is the most-affordable
place in the UK. On average, house prices here are just 2.6 times local annual
earnings. By contrast, the least-affordable place is Brent in north London,
where house prices are on average 12.5 times local earnings. Read more on the
BBC website.
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