Nearly one out of four European consumers who were tenants in 2019, believed they would not be able to buy a home in the future. This belief was especially shared in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and the UK. However, those who did expect to eventually become first-home buyers believed it was more likely to happen once they passed the age of 35. Indeed, in 2019, roughly 16 percent of European respondents believed they had to wait until they were older than 35 to be able to buy a property.
At what age do you expect to buy your first property or piece of land?
Consumers who are currently renting and have never owned property before
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source states that "sampling reflects gender ratios and age distribution, selecting from pools of possible respondents furnished by panel providers in each country. European consumer figures are an average, weighted to take country population into account."
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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