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The UK housing market seems to have been the subject of an ever-spiralling boom in house prices and, with a few notable corrections in each decade, this has largely been the case. However, certain regions of the UK have benefited (or suffered, dependent on your point of view) from significantly greater price rises.
No matter where you live, property in the UK is now relatively expensive with the average house price having nearly trebled since 1995. In the 1990s the average house price was just twice the average wage. In 2016 house prices in London were reported to be between 3 and 9 times the average wage! In the South East, any increases to the average wage have generally been outstripped by large increases in house prices.
With this disparity between the nation’s average wage and the citizen’s average borrowing capacity one could be forgiven for suspecting that a market correction is overdue.
However, with interest rates still very low, mortgage affordability criteria are still being met by enough people in the market for values to remain constant or increase in popular areas. This, coupled with an acknowledged under supply of housing and a rising population has compounded the problem, making it one of the most hotly debated political issues of our time.
Of course, none of this is of much comfort if you have a young family looking for a home of their own and you can’t provide one.
When buying a home it's always worth remembering that this should be, at least primarily, your home and not an investment. If it increases in value during your ownership then that is an added bonus to the feeling of knowing you own your own piece of place to rest your head and keep your family warm and safe. And remember, your home may be at risk if you fail to keep up the monthly loan repayments.
For more information or to speak to a mortgage adviser, contact us on 01628 507477.
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
There will be no fee for Mortgage Advice. There may be a fee for arranging a mortgage. The precise amount will depend upon your circumstances, but we estimate it to be between £399 and £599.
Mortgage Required Ltd, Finance House, 5 Bath Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4AQ is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority reference 573718 at www.fca.org.uk.
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