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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Political correspondent

Half of UK adults think young people spend too much to buy a home

48% of people overall agreed that young people could not afford to buy a home because they spend too much on ephemeral goods and services.
Almost half of all respondents thought young people could not afford to buy a home because they spent too much on fripperies. Photograph: Tom Werner/Getty Images

Almost half all UK adults believe the collapse in home-buying among young people is caused by them spending too much on takeaway food and coffees, mobile phones, holidays and Netflix, a study on generational divides has shown.

The research by academics at King’s College London found that while such opinions often crossed age bands, the increasing tendency for younger people to live in cities and older ones elsewhere risked exacerbating splits between age bands.

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