This article provides insights into housing affordability for first-time buyers, using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, House price statistics for small areas and the industry group UK Finance (previously the Council of Mortgage Lenders).
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First-time buyer housing affordability in England and Wales: 2017
Analysis of house prices and earnings for prospective first-time buyers, as well as purchase prices and incomes of previous first-time buyers.