# UK: Housing market is at its most unequal in a decade (Sky News, 12 October 2020) * **Housing market is at its most unequal in a decade, experts say** * By Sky News, published on 12 October 2020 * * **Summary**: * Despite the UK entering a recession, **the market is booming, with house prices rising** 5% on an annual basis in September. * However, **considering the state of the economy, lenders are anxious** and many aren't granting mortgages to those with smaller deposits. * "These two concurrent trends mean that despite the boom, there's increasing inequality in housing, with the less well off and many first time buyers even further away from entering the market." * This is leaving a lot of younger, first-buyers excluded from the market. The experts say that **the housing market is the most unequal it's been in a decade.** * **Keywords**: housing market, right to housing, mortgage, housing prices, inequality, lenders, first-time buyers, inequality --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/media-stories/2020/housing-market-is-at-its-most-unequal-in-a-decade-sky-news-12-october-2020.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.