Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.England’s housing has become more affordable since a spike in prices during the Covid-19 pandemic, but experts warned home ownership is set to remain out of reach for many because the cost of property is still high.The housing affordability ratio for England — the relationship between median house prices and median salaries — was 8.26 in 2023, down from 8.47 in 2022 and well below the pandemic peak of 9.06 in...
The UK’s “expensive, cramped and ageing” housing stock fares poorly compared with other advanced countries, analysis by a thinktank suggests.Households...