Housing concerns in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018

The statistic shows the concerns over housing matters, according to various groups of mortgage holders in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2018, broken down by the issue. The majority of respondents (60 percent) claimed that the ability to get on a ladder for the first-time buyer was a very serious problem in the UK housing market. This was followed by house prices issue with 52 percent.

Concerns regarding housing according to the United Kingdom (UK) adults in 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Ability for first-time buyer to get on ladder	60%
House prices	52%
Housing availability	40%
Leasehold / Freehold system	23%
Negative equity	14%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

July 2018

Number of respondents

2,110 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Data are displaying the share of respondents, who consider particular issues to be very serious.
The Homeowner Survey 2018 was carried out by Home Owners Alliance, together with BLP Insurance and in cooperation with IMMO.

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