【BBC】Average age of first time buyer climbs to 34

The average age of a first-time buyer in England has climbed to 34, with new research showing the growing difficulty of getting on the housing ladder.

Skipton Group's annual home affordability index charted the increase in barriers since the mid-1990s, when the average first-time buyer was 29.

The rising average age has been driven by a collapse in the portion of first-time buyers under 25 to just 6%, having made up a quarter of those buying their first homes in the 1990s.

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