Last Time Buyers now own £938bn of UK housing stock and will reach the £1 trillion mark this year. This is according to new research released by Legal & General, the FTSE 100 financial services group, and CEBR, the economics consultancy.
Last Time Buyers are downsizing
According to Legal & General’s research, there are now 3.1 million Last Time Buyer households in the UK. The number of homeowners who have considered downsizing has risen from 32% to 39% in the past three years. This demonstrates the demand for better later living options for over 55s. Last Time Buyers make up over a quarter (26%) of all UK households over the age of 55.
The UK has a chronic undersupply of age-specific properties, with only 7,000 homes delivered to this sector last year. This sector was the most under-supplied area of the housing market. Legal & General’s research shows that of the Last Time Buyers who had considered downsizing in the last five years but didn’t, 49% said it was because there were no suitable properties available. A further 29% stated that the properties that were suitable were too expensive.
If the last time buyers were able to move to a property more aligned to their desired lifestyle and needs, large amounts of homes would be freed up for growing families.
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