The Archers stars would be left homeless by property prices in real life, study finds

lukeh23

Most of the nation's best-loved soap opera characters including many from The Archers would not be able to afford homes in the areas where the programmes are set, a new report shows

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertymarket/10897623/The-Archers-stars-would-be-left-homeless-by-property-prices-in-real-life-study-finds.html

AndyGuil

Rent and save a deposit. Build equity rather than expecting to move into a 4 bed detached straight out of school. People can and do buy houses in these areas and many others even on modest salaries.

System

It's a fictional series - what a surprise!

Father Christmas couldn't afford to live at the North Pole either.

Carl31

I think this is probably the most pointless study I have ever seen

PasturesNew

I've been saying this since Michelle Fowler in Eastenders was a student and single mother - yet raised a mortgage on her Albert Square house.

I remember that Kevin and Sally Webster, in Corrie, bought their terrace from Hilda Ogden for £14,000.

It's like the kids in Summer Bay who can afford to eat/drink at the diner every day - and still do other stuff too. Or how everybody can afford to leave their house at all in most soaps.

danothy

Is not being able to afford a home in a particular area the same as being left homeless?

J_i_m

Facts are rarely allowed to get in the way of a 'good' story.

the_flying_pig

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've been saying this since Michelle Fowler in Eastenders was a student and single mother - yet raised a mortgage on her Albert Square house....

i reckon dirty den was slipping her a few, ahem, quid.

mayonnaise

lukeh23 wrote: »

Most of the nation's best-loved soap opera characters including many from The Archers would not be able to afford homes in the areas where the programmes are set, a new report shows

Fictional characters can't afford fictional homes in a fictional village. :rotfl:

This study was most definitely money well spent.

chucknorris

mayonnaise wrote: »

Fictional characters can't afford fictional homes in a fictional village. :rotfl:

This study was most definitely money well spent.

I'm afraid things might be even worse, I suspect that Fred Flintstone and Barney were only able to afford their houses because they stole the building materials from the quarry where they worked.

thequant

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've been saying this since Michelle Fowler in Eastenders was a student and single mother - yet raised a mortgage on her Albert Square house.

I remember that Kevin and Sally Webster, in Corrie, bought their terrace from Hilda Ogden for £14,000.

It's like the kids in Summer Bay who can afford to eat/drink at the diner every day - and still do other stuff too. Or how everybody can afford to leave their house at all in most soaps.

My favourite are the characters who over the years who do one shift a week in the Vic on minimum wage who can afford their own 1 or 2 bed flat in the square.