Property News · February 14, 2018

House price flatlining is a good thing, despite estate agents' gripes


First-time buyers are taking advantage of low interest rates and a flat market, and why shouldn’t they?Over the past year the rate of house price inflation has fallen while the number of first-time buyers has risen to its highest level since 2006. These two facts are connected: the reason young people have become renters rather than owner-occupiers is that property became expensive.Property has become so dear that the average first-time buyer is now 30 years old and has a salary of £41,000 a year. Owner-occupation rates have fallen from 70% to 63% over the past decade and it is not difficult to see why. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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