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Try our calculator to see where in the country suits your finances.</p><p>Choose rent or buy, how many rooms you want the property to have and how much you'd like to pay each month. If you're buying, you also need to enter your deposit, as you won't get a mortgage without one. </p><div id="responsive-iframe-newsspec_15575-main_buy" class="bbc-news-vj-iframe-wrapper"> <div id="responsive-iframe-newsspec_15575-main_buy-core-content"> <div class="gel-wrap"> <div class="gel-layout"> <div class="gel-layout__item gel-1/1"> <h1 class="interactive-cta">Where can you afford to live? Try our housing calculator to see where you could rent or buy</h1> <div class="ctm-advice"> <p>This interactive content requires an internet connection and a modern browser.</p> <p>View <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171204204708/http://www.bbc.co.uk/indepthtoolkit/data-sets/affordability_regions/table">affordability data by UK region</a></p> <p>View <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171204204708/http://www.bbc.co.uk/indepthtoolkit/data-sets/affordability/table"> affordability data by local authority area</a></p> </div> <div class="main-container" style="display: none"> <div class="side-container"> <div class="input-form"> <form id="input-form"> <div class="ownership-switch input-card"> <h2 id="form-section__header--ownership" class="form-section__header">Do you want to buy or rent?</h2> <fieldset class="ownership-switch__button-group"> <input id="ownership-button--buy" type="radio" name="ownership" value="Buy" class="off-screen ownership-button--buy ownership-button--selected" checked> <label for="ownership-button--buy" class="ownership-button ownership-button--buy"> <span class="ownership-button-text ownership-button-text--buy">Buy</span> </label> <input id="ownership-button--rent" type="radio" name="ownership" value="Rent" class="off-screen ownership-button--rent "> <label for="ownership-button--rent" class="ownership-button ownership-button--rent"> <span class="ownership-button-text ownership-button-text--rent">Rent</span> </label> </fieldset> </div> <div class="number-of-bedrooms input-card"> <h2 class="form-section__header" for="number-of-bedrooms">How many bedrooms?</h2> <h3 class="off-screen" for="number-of-bedrooms">Use the buttons to increase or decrease the number of bedrooms: minimum one, maximum four. Alternatively, enter a number into the text input</h3> <div class="number-of-bedrooms__selector"> <label class="off-screen" for="number-of-bedrooms__button--minus">Decrease number of bedrooms</label> <button id="number-of-bedrooms__button--minus" aria-controls="number-of-bedrooms__input" class="number-of-bedrooms__button number-of-bedrooms__button--minus"> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="12px" height="9px" viewbox="0 0 12 9" enable-background="new 0 0 12 9" xml:space="preserve"> <g id="Page-1_1_"> <g id="Mobile-320-_x3E_-599px-Portrait" transform="translate(-107.000000, -424.000000)"> <g id="How-many-bedrooms_x3F_" transform="translate(8.000000, 376.000000)"> <polygon id="Page-1" points="99,48 105.035,56.299 107.424,53.016 111.073,48 "/> </g> </g> 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id="deposit-amount__input" type="number" pattern="\d*" value=""/> </div> <label class="off-screen" for="deposit-amount__slider">Adjust deposit amount</label> <input id="deposit-amount__slider" class="deposit-amount__slider" aria-controls="deposit-amount__input" type="range" role="slider" min="1000" value="" max="200000" step="1000"/> <div id="deposit-amount__help-box" class="deposit-amount__help-box help-box" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="help-message-headline">Info</span> <a href="#deposit-amount__header" class="deposit-amount__help-message-close help-message-close"> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg class="icon-close" width="14px" height="14px" viewbox="0 0 14 14" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Tablet-600->-1007px---example-shown-768px-Rent-data-card" transform="translate(-723.000000, -1062.000000)"> <g id="Page-1" 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The average deposit for first-time buyers in the UK is £25,896, according to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171204204708/https://www.cml.org.uk/home/" class="story-body__link-external">Council of Mortgage Lenders</a>.</p><p>First-time buyers in <strong>London</strong> are looking at an average deposit of around £98,000, three times the national average. Whereas, in <strong>Wales</strong> and <strong>Northern Ireland</strong>, first-time buyers need to find deposits of around £15,000.</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script type="text/javascript"> /**/ (function() { if (window.bbcdotcom && bbcdotcom.adverts && bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync) { bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync('mpu', [1,2,3]); } })(); /**/ </script> </div> </div><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">More about this calculator</h2><p>The "Where can I afford to live?" calculator uses pricing and rental data for the six months up to September 2017 provided by residential property analysts <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171204204708/http://www.hometrack.co.uk/" class="story-body__link-external">Hometrack</a>.</p><p>Monthly mortgage payments are based on the figures calculated by the Bank of England from rates currently being offered by banks and building societies. The rate used is for two year, fixed rate mortgages, so would only be relevant for the first two years of the loan.</p><p>Every month, the Bank of England brings out figures for people wanting a mortgage for 75% or 90% or 95% of the value of the property they want to buy. So currently the calculator assumes you need a deposit of at least 5% of the value of the property to get a mortgage.</p><p>House prices are based on sales recorded by the Land Registry and Registers of Scotland plus Red Book mortgage valuation - where a surveyor has valued a property for the purpose of mortgage lending.</p><p>The data shows prices have gone up in 93% of local authorities over the past 12 months. </p><p>Among the worst hit, with a fall of 1.5% is <strong>East Ayrshire, </strong> in Scotland, where a top end of the market four bed property is £230,000.</p><p><strong>Forest Heath</strong>, in the East of England, on the other hand - where a top end of the market four bed property will set you back £323,013 - has seen a growth of 7.5%.</p><p><a href="/web/20171204204708/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41237713" class="story-body__link">Housing costs rising fastest in Midlands</a></p><p>Rents are based on monthly prices being asked for by landlords. The average rent is England and Wales is £926. </p><p>In Northern Ireland, where much fewer properties are sold, the data includes asking prices and mortgage valuations. We have only limited rental data for Northern Ireland.</p><p>You may find that the map suggests you can't afford to live where you are living now - but this might be because the price of property in your area and interest rates have changed since you got your mortgage. If you were trying to get a mortgage to buy your house today, you might need a bigger deposit and larger monthly payments.</p><p>If there are fewer than 25 properties matching your criteria in an area, it will come up with "no data". 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