Jilted Generation : is renting the new buying?
Panel Debate at the Great North Museum
Location: Great North Museum
Time/Date: 20th March 2012, 17:30 - 20:00
With the average age of first time buyers in the UK now 37 years, and a typical mortgage deposit being around half the average income, the property market has slowed down and younger people in particular are facing a crisis in terms of the availability of affordable homes.
Vimeo of the debate chaired by Peter Hetherington of The Guardian and panel members:
Rose Gilroy : School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Nick Jopling : Executive Property Developer, Grainger plc
Steve Hicks : Gentoo
and representatives from the financial and charitable sectors.
Published: 6th February 2012