READER QUESTION

Q I’d really like to buy my own house. How old is the average first-time buyer?

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In 2021, according to a Halifax study, the average age of a firsttime buyer was 32, up from the average age of 29 in 2011. The region with the highest average age of those buying their first home was London, at 33 years old, up from

32 years old a decade earlier in 2011. And the average age at which someone buys their first home is now 30 or above in every UK region.