The average person in Fife can afford only half of the properties currently for sale in the kingdom

Affording a property in the current climate can be difficult.Affording a property in the current climate can be difficult.
Affording a property in the current climate can be difficult.
New research has revealed that Fife is one of the least affordable local authority areas in Scotland for buying property.

Property experts Online Mortgage Advisor looked at all of the properties for sale right now on Zoopla to find out what percentage of these properties the average person is able to afford in their local authority based on current mortgage rates affected by Covid-19.

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And it found that a single resident in Fife can only afford 50% of properties on the market in the area, while a couple would be able to afford almost 90% in the same area.

City of Edinburgh was named the least affordable location in Scotland for both couples and single locals to buy property in the current climate, with a single person only able to afford 15% of properties on the market, and a couple 63.7%.

The Lothians, Perth and Kinross, Highland, and the Scottish Borders were also rated among the least affordable areas in the country.

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Nationally, of all the properties for sale in Scotland, single residents can afford 54.9% of them, while couples can afford 85.5%.

A local authority had to have a minimum of 100 properties listed for sale in order to be included in the final rankings.

Single Buyer

Location % of Affordable properties
City of Edinburgh 15.0%
East Lothian 24.0%
Midlothian 24.4%
West Lothian 36.2%
Perth and Kinross 44.1%
Highland 47.5%
Fife 50.0%
Scottish Borders 51.6%
Glasgow City 53.1%
Aberdeenshire 55.1%
Argyll and Bute 55.9%
South Lanarkshire 57.8%
North Ayrshire 58.2%
East Dunbartonshire 58.9%
Angus 60.5%
Dumfries and Galloway 61.0%
Renfrewshire 61.4%
Moray 63.5%
North Lanarkshire 66.4%
South Ayrshire 67.0%
Clackmannanshire 67.9%
East Renfrewshire 68.7%
East Ayrshire 70.1%
Inverclyde 75.9%
West Dunbartonshire 77.5%

Couples

Location % of Affordable properties
City of Edinburgh 63.7%
Midlothian 66.0%
East Lothian 66.5%
Scottish Borders 77.2%
West Lothian 78.0%
Argyll and Bute 81.4%
Highland 81.7%
Perth and Kinross 82.4%
Dumfries and Galloway 84.6%
South Lanarkshire 86.4%
Angus 86.9%
Aberdeenshire 87.3%
Fife 89.4%
Moray 89.4%
East Dunbartonshire 89.7%
Clackmannanshire 90.6%
South Ayrshire 90.9%
North Ayrshire 91.2%
Inverclyde 92.8%
East Renfrewshire 93.0%
West Dunbartonshire 93.0%
Renfrewshire 93.5%
East Ayrshire 97.4%
North Lanarkshire 97.8%
Glasgow City 99.1%