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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

426,000 first-time buyers ‘missing from England’s housing market by 2027’

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As many as 426,000 fewer first-time buyers in England could get on the property ladder between this year and 2027 compared with the long-term average, a building society predicts.

Leeds Building Society, in partnership with specialist advisers WPI Strategy, analysed first-time buyer affordability between 1982 and 2022, and how the challenges of buying a first home have changed.

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