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Housing and Affordability

 

 
RICS accessibility and affordability indices
January 2008
An accessibility index, developed by RICS has found that the cost of becoming a home purchaser in Great Britain has worsened by 351% since the most accessible point in 1996.
Buy to let now a rich man's game
November 2007
The buy-to-let market is now so inaccessible to the average investor that only the wealthy can afford to become landlords, says RICS.

 

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