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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FALLS TO ITS LOWEST SINCE 1999


Arthi Nachiappan
Friday July 29 2022, 12.01am BST, The Times
The cost of a typical home in England has risen to 8.7 times the average annual
disposable household income in the year to March
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Arthi Nachiappan
Friday July 29 2022, 12.01am BST, The Times

The affordability of a home in England has fallen to its lowest since records
began in 1999, official figures show.

The cost a typical home in England has risen to 8.7 times the average annual
disposable household income in the year to March, according to data from the
Office for National Statistics.


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The figure compares with affordability ratios of 6 times average disposable
income in Wales and 5.5 times in Scotland, both of which are below peaks hit
around the time of the financial crisis.

The ONS calculates the ratio using median prices because the distributions of
both income and house prices are skewed, with some extreme high values. The
median house price in England was £275,000 and median income £31,800. In Wales
it was


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