Buying and renting: Your biggest financial decision - in 10 charts

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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933im_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/BFF2/production/_98683194_frontdoors.jpg" width="1920" height="1080"> </span> </figure><p class="story-body__introduction">Buying a home is the most significant financial decision in most people's lives. For tenants, paying the rent is the biggest monthly outgoing.</p><p>So it is little wonder that house prices are an obsession for some, and a source of frustration for others.</p><p>The financial crisis had huge implications for those wanting to buy or sell property.</p><p>Here is the story of what has happened to the UK housing market in the past 10 years. </p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption body-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Presentational grey line" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/media/images/75306000/jpg/_75306515_line976.jpg" data-width="464" data-height="2"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">1. House prices are rising... or are they?</h2><p>The price of the average UK home has risen in the past 10 years, as you would expect. Prices of goods and services in general, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation, have increased faster.</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><p>So, in real terms, the average UK house price has fallen compared with a decade ago.</p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Average house prices have been falling if you adjust for inflation" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/173A4/production/_98704159_05_house_price_rise_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="521"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">2. Price rises or falls depend on where you live</h2><p>The average UK house price masks a massive regional divide. In London, the average property value has risen by nearly 70% in 10 years, whereas in Northern Ireland it has fallen by more than 40%.</p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="House price change by region" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1414/production/_98704150_01_average_house_price_change_by_region_v3-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="495"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">3. This is not only a story of prices</h2><p>The number of sales was 30% higher 10 years ago, so who is no longer buying? </p><p>Many people already with a home and a mortgage have chosen to stay put, rather than buy somewhere bigger. Recent tax changes have also cut the numbers of buy-to-let investors. </p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Number of sales by type of buyer" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1B33/production/_98736960_06_number_of_sales_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="574"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">4. The housing ladder's rungs are further apart</h2><p>Look at the difference in price when moving from a three-bedroom home to a four-bedroom one, and it is no surprise that many families have chosen not to move. Many may have spent their money on an extension instead.</p><p>A lack of four-bedroom family homes on the market has pushed up prices of this type of property. It means the cost of moving to a bigger house has stymied many people's dreams of moving up the housing ladder - perhaps to give the children their own room.</p><figure class="media-portrait no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Cost of climbing the ladder by region" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/10126/production/_98703856_02_climbing_the_ladder_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="713"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">5. First-time buyers haven't had it easy</h2><p>Government schemes, such as Help to Buy, mean first-time buyers are still in the game. Despite this assistance, lenders have been much more demanding of young borrowers. </p><p>Mortgage providers wanted a much bigger initial deposit when they were left reeling by the financial crisis. Those deposit requirements have eased since, but first-time buyers still need some hefty savings, or help from their parents, to secure a home loan.</p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="First time buyer deposits" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/D764/production/_98704155_09_deposit_as_percentage_of_income_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="595"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">6. Pay has done little to help them</h2><p>Wages have risen slowly, if at all, for most people in the last 10 years. </p><p>This has made it even tougher for potential buyers in their 20s and 30s to save some of their income. The money has been used to pay the bills, not to fund soaring deposit demands.</p><figure class="media-portrait no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Average deposits are rising faster than incomes" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/14F46/production/_98703858_03_change_in_income_and_deposits_640_v2-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="984"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">7. There's been a shift from owning to renting</h2><p>These financial pressures have meant people choosing to rent rather than buy, or to continue as tenants into their 30s and 40s when they might previously have bought a home by then.</p><p>This has led to some robust debate over the plight of renters in recent years, from lettings agent fees to the length of tenancies.</p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Owning v renting 2006-2016 per age group" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/3282/production/_98703921_07_owning_v_renting_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="573"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">8. The South has the lion's share of property wealth</h2><p>Collectively, London property has the highest value, followed by the South East of England.</p><p>If you believe that property is always a good investment, then just look at what has happened to the collective value of homes in the North of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the past 10 years. </p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Value of the housing stock by region" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/143F2/production/_98703928_04_value_of_housing_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="495"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">9. Borrowing has been cheap for homeowners</h2><p>Ten years of low interest rates, and rock-bottom home loan rates, have meant that mortgage repayments account for less of a typical homeowner's income than at any time in the past 10 years.</p><p>The bad news is that it is unlikely to get any cheaper. Policymakers at the Bank of England have put up interest rates, so borrowing on any kind of loan is going to get more expensive. </p><figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="The cost of paying your mortgage has fallen" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171205022933oe_/https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/6234/production/_98704152_08_cost_of_paying_mortgage_640-nc.png" data-width="640" data-height="630"></div> </span> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">10. 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