The lack of affordable housing in the UK has resulted in
people taking a dim-view of their prospects of getting onto the property
ladder. A survey of 2,000 UK adults who are looking to buy a home found that:
- 26% feel that ‘the UK is becoming a two-tier society of
property haves and have nots’
- 23% said ‘I expect I will only be able to buy a home if
I buy with someone else’
- Though 18% say that the government is responsible for
the shortage of affordable homes, 14% think that buy-to-let landlords are to
blame
- 17% don’t think that they will ever own their own home
- 12% said that ‘it angers me that I can’t afford to buy
a house in the neighbourhood where I grew up’
- 10% think that the only way they’ll end up owning a
property is if they’re left one in a will
Read more on the Financial Reporter website.
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