University students should remain in the family home if at all possible so they can save to buy their own property, TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has suggested. The 51-year-old star of Location, Location, Location and Love It Or List It says students can do themselves a favour by thinking early in life about home ownership.
Asked by Ruth Davidson on Times Radio whether now was a good time to buy a property, with property prices stuttering in the cost of living crisis, she said: "I think it’s just about doing what you can when you can, but I always say, if the one favour you can do to yourself is to think about it early, as early as you possibly can.
"If you choose to go to university, near your home, and you spend those three years living at home, if you’re able to do that, and it’s a big sacrifice to do that, but it can make an enormous difference. And all sorts of different things that you can do to enable you to save that deposit. And do it early. Because I see people really, really struggling now."
