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Are we putting our lives on hold?

According to the Mortgage Choice First Time Property Investors Survey, Gen Y property buyers are more likely to go into debt to buy an investment property rather than buy a house to live in.

They also found that we Gen Y’sĀ are:

  • increasingly driven to save for their first purchase,
  • making lifestyle sacrifices to save money for property,
  • most likely to cut back on alcohol-related spending,
  • change jobs for higher income,
  • take on an additional job
  • delay having children in order to save for a deposit.

In other words, we have to work very very hard and put off parenthood just to get a house because prices are so high and unaffordable and even then we’re not living in them.

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