House prices are affordable

House prices are affordable - 2002 - RICS Press Release (pr005) 21 January 2002, (2) .

Latest Residential Economic forecast by RICS argues house prices are more affordable now than 20 years ago. Cost of buying a home now takes up 20% of disposable income, less than half the cost of in the late 1980s. RICS economists predict that prices will rise by 6% in 2002 compared with 10% last year.


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