Since 2007, houseprice to earnings ratios have fallen in many areas of Britain, making housing more affordable

More affordable

30%

20%

Inverclyde recorded the

biggest improvement in

affordability at

42%

10%

0%

-10%

-20%

-30%

-40%

Edinburgh

-50%

Glasgow

28%

Less affordable

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hartlepool

32%

York

Leeds

Manchester

Liverpool

Nottingham

Cambridge

-39%

Birmingham

Stevenage

Oxford

Cardiff

Bristol

Sevenoaks

-48%

Exeter

Poole

Rickmansworth (Three Rivers)

showed the biggest move away

from affordability at

-61%

More affordable

30%

20%

10%

0%

Inverclyde recorded the

biggest improvement in

affordability at

42%

-10%

-20%

-30%

-40%

-50%

Less affordable

Edinburgh

Glasgow

28%

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Hartlepool

32%

York

Leeds

Manchester

Liverpool

Nottingham

Cambridge

-39%

Birmingham

Stevenage

Oxford

Cardiff

Bristol

Sevenoaks

-48%

Exeter

Poole

Rickmansworth (Three Rivers)

showed the biggest move away

from affordability at

-61%