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<p>Sarah Mitchell is 34, earns £68,000 a year as a senior marketing manager in London, and has £40,000 in savings. On paper, she should be buying her first home. In reality, she has abandoned the idea entirely.</p><p>"I did the maths two years ago and I've done it again since," Mitchell tells The Great British News from her rented flat in Clapham. "To buy a two-bedroom flat in a decent area of London, I'd need a deposit of at least £80,000 and I'd be paying more on the mortgage than I currently pay in rent. For a property I don't particularly want. It just doesn't make sense."</p><h2>A Generation's Calculation</h2><p>Mitchell is far from alone. New research from the Resolution Foundation suggests that homeownership rates among 25-to-34-year-olds in Britain have fallen to their lowest level in modern records, with the steepest declines in London and the South East. But the trend is now visible across every major British city.</p><p>What is striking about the current cohort is not just that they cannot afford to buy — it is that increasing numbers have stopped trying. Rather than the resentful aspiration that characterised previous generations of renters, many young professionals describe a pragmatic acceptance that has led them to restructure their entire financial planning around permanent renting.</p><h2>The New Financial Logic</h2><p>With house prices in London averaging £545,000 — and significantly higher in the areas that young professionals aspire to live — the mathematics of homeownership have become genuinely challenging even for relatively high earners. Add in stamp duty, legal fees, surveys, and the cost of making a property habitable, and the total upfront cost is prohibitive for anyone without substantial family support.</p><p>Many are instead maximising pension contributions, investing in ISAs and index funds, and focusing their financial energy on asset classes that are genuinely accessible. Financial advisers report a significant shift in the planning conversations they are having with 30-something clients.</p>

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Educated, employed young Britons are giving up on homeownership as house prices remain unaffordable. We examine what the housing crisis is doing to a generation's aspirations.