Love as a financial strategy? Single Europeans turn to relationships to get on property ladder
Salary, love life, geography... For people living alone, the road to the property ladder is strewn with obstacles. Who faces the biggest costs, and what solutions are Europeans turning to?
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00:00Is finding a partner becoming necessary to buy a house in Europe?
00:08With house prices back on the rise, a new European poll suggests that many people see relationships as a shortcut to getting on the property ladder.
00:19While 10% see the absence of a partner as a key barrier, 26% of those who plan to buy say they share the financial burden with their partner.
00:30Women are slightly more likely than men to say so, while geographically the highest rates came from Portugal and the Netherlands.
00:38Having a partner to buy a house with is important for 35% of Gen Z's, the highest rate among all age groups.
00:48Maybe that's also why Gen Z's tend to move in together quicker with an average of 2.7 years faster than their older millennial brothers and sisters.
00:59In the UK, couples move in together after just 2 years and 4 months, shortest timeline in Europe, while France reports the longest average.
01:09What about solo dwellers? Only 49% of people living alone own their place and 37% say they'll never be able to afford a property.
01:20Love life aside, the big elephant in the room is salary, cited as the number one barrier with peaks in Poland and Hungary.
01:29The most likely in the world's world have been qualified and 34% of men and many countries of the world are not willing to pay attention.
01:37This is the number of people living alone that are in support of the world's new.
01:42The most vulnerable people living alone in Ukraine.
01:47The most vulnerable people living alone in Ukraine is not willing to pay attention.
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