
When Ralitsa Angelova learned she was going to become a homeowner, her reaction was simple: “It was just… wow,” she said. “It felt untrue.”
Alex Ingram was equally gobsmacked. Over the years, most of the 41-year-old’s friends had somehow managed to squeeze themselves onto the property ladder and he had become resigned to being left behind. “I had not thought that a stable home was something I could achieve, not unless I won the lottery or something like that,” he said.