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Can a working couple still afford a new house?

With a relatively low interest rate, a new house building project of 220 000€ can be afforded by 20,6% of the households in our country as long as they manage to come up with 50 000€ own funding. In the typical case of a working couple with two children, 68% can afford such a house but only 18% can finance it without any equity fund (50 000€). The reduction of building activities could be the consequence of rising costs for housing projects which make potential households fleeing this market.