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Maeve Bannister and Nick Wilson

Young women giving up on home ownership as costs rise

Young women face greater difficulty building the savings needed to buy a property, analysts say. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Young women consider owning a house less of a priority than men their age, with many citing affordability and not being able to qualify for a mortgage as major barriers.

Women in both the millennial and generation Z age groups consider property ownership less important than men, according to data firm Cotality's sixth annual Women and Property Report. 

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