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Home and Mortgage Affordability

What percentage of homes can people afford by job and location?

Reallymoving has analysed UK salaries and property prices to calculate what proportion of homes people in certain jobs could afford, by City.

Select a city:

BelfastBirminghamCardiffGlasgowLondonManchester

What percentage of homes in Manchester can someone in each occupation afford?

Chief executive
17%
Doctor
17%
Train driver
14%
Police officer
13%
Teacher
13%
Social worker
10%
Nurse
10%
Bricklayer
6%
Car mechanic
7%
Taxi driver
8%
Sales assistant
3%
Bar staff
3%

Select a job:

Bar staffBricklayerCar mechanicChief executiveDoctorNurse
Police officerSales assistantSocial workerTaxi driverTeacherTrain driver

What percentage of homes can a train driver in each city afford?

0%
Manchester
0%
Birmingham
0%
London
0%
Cardiff
0%
Glasgow
0%
Belfast

 

If you would like to estimate how much you could borrow, or how much your in monthly repayments could be, please visit our mortgage section.

We've assumed people have a deposit equal to 6 months gross salary, and a mortgage of 4.5 times gross salary. Incomes are based on median average full-time salaries for each job and location.

Please visit the house and mortgage affordability analysis page for further details on the data sources and numbers behind these charts.

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