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How far have you climbed up the property ladder?

26 March 2018

UK house prices have risen seven times faster than the average young worker salary since the 1990s, making homes far less affordable now than they used to be, especially for young people. So please select the option CLOSEST to your situation. If in a couple and you own together, answer for you both.

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UK house prices have risen seven times faster than the average young worker salary since the 1990s, making homes far less affordable now than they used to be, especially for young people.

So please select the option CLOSEST to your situation. If in a couple and you own together, answer for you both.


Results

I'm aged under 25 (856 votes)
I own multiple properties (mortgage-free) 14 votes (2%)
I own multiple properties (with mortgages) 11 votes (1%)
I own the home I live in (mortgage-free) 19 votes (2%)
I own the home I live in (with a mortgage) 240 votes (28%)
I own as part of a shared ownership scheme 12 votes (1%)
I owned a home but don’t now 2 votes (0%)
Don’t own, but am close to buying 75 votes (9%)
Don’t own, but am saving for a deposit 250 votes (29%)
Don’t own, but hope to one day 165 votes (19%)
Don’t own and doubt I’ll ever be able to 55 votes (6%)
Don’t own and I’m not interested in owning 13 votes (2%)
I'm aged 25 to 34 (5804 votes)
I own multiple properties (mortgage-free) 26 votes (0%)
I own multiple properties (with mortgages) 363 votes (6%)
I own the home I live in (mortgage-free) 147 votes (3%)
I own the home I live in (with a mortgage) 3776 votes (65%)
I own as part of a shared ownership scheme 110 votes (2%)
I owned a home but don’t now 41 votes (1%)
Don’t own, but am close to buying 250 votes (4%)
Don’t own, but am saving for a deposit 512 votes (9%)
Don’t own, but hope to one day 329 votes (6%)
Don’t own and doubt I’ll ever be able to 231 votes (4%)
Don’t own and I’m not interested in owning 19 votes (0%)
I'm aged 35 to 49 (8790 votes)
I own multiple properties (mortgage-free) 192 votes (2%)
I own multiple properties (with mortgages) 1094 votes (12%)
I own the home I live in (mortgage-free) 1102 votes (13%)
I own the home I live in (with a mortgage) 5510 votes (63%)
I own as part of a shared ownership scheme 99 votes (1%)
I owned a home but don’t now 97 votes (1%)
Don’t own, but am close to buying 99 votes (1%)
Don’t own, but am saving for a deposit 159 votes (2%)
Don’t own, but hope to one day 153 votes (2%)
Don’t own and doubt I’ll ever be able to 258 votes (3%)
Don’t own and I’m not interested in owning 27 votes (0%)
I’m aged 50 to 64 (5595 votes)
I own multiple properties (mortgage-free) 547 votes (10%)
I own multiple properties (with mortgages) 430 votes (8%)
I own the home I live in (mortgage-free) 2847 votes (51%)
I own the home I live in (with a mortgage) 1546 votes (28%)
I own as part of a shared ownership scheme 21 votes (0%)
I owned a home but don’t now 58 votes (1%)
Don’t own, but am close to buying 12 votes (0%)
Don’t own, but am saving for a deposit 4 votes (0%)
Don’t own, but hope to one day 21 votes (0%)
Don’t own and doubt I’ll ever be able to 90 votes (2%)
Don’t own and I’m not interested in owning 19 votes (0%)
I'm aged 65+ (1881 votes)
I own multiple properties (mortgage-free) 211 votes (11%)
I own multiple properties (with mortgages) 33 votes (2%)
I own the home I live in (mortgage-free) 1500 votes (80%)
I own the home I live in (with a mortgage) 83 votes (4%)
I own as part of a shared ownership scheme 8 votes (0%)
I owned a home but don’t now 14 votes (1%)
Don’t own, but am close to buying 5 votes (0%)
Don’t own, but am saving for a deposit 2 votes (0%)
Don’t own, but hope to one day 0 votes (0%)
Don’t own and doubt I’ll ever be able to 12 votes (1%)
Don’t own and I’m not interested in owning 13 votes (1%)

                   22,926 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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