Property News · August 2, 2016

Home ownership in England at lowest level in 30 years as housing crisis grows


Calls for government to build more homes as growing gap between earnings and house prices sees ownership fall across the country and people forced to rentHome ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years as the growing gap between earnings and property prices has created a housing crisis that extends beyond London to cities including Manchester.The struggle to get on the housing ladder is not just a feature of the London property market, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation thinktank, with Greater Manchester seeing as big a slump in ownership since its peak in the early 2000s as parts of the capital, and cities in Yorkshire and the West Midlands also seeing sharp drops. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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