Tag: UK housing equity

Name: UK Housing Equity by Age 'Over-60s Own 55% of All Property Wealth
Uploaded: 2026-06-26T08:49:09+00:00
Channel: Camilla Ashcroft
Description: UK housing equity by age has never been more unequal. The over-60s own 55% of all net housing wealth. Here's what the Savills data really shows

The Great British Property Divide: Why Over-60s Now Own More Than Half the Nation’s Housing Wealth

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Camilla Ashcroft

Savills put out a report in March 2026 that should have made front pages everywhere. It didn’t really, which is a story in itself. The headline figure: people aged 60 and over in the UK are sitting on £3.84 trillion in housing equity. That’s 55% of every pound of privately held net housing wealth in […]