Where are the most affordable towns for key workers?

Latest research from Halifax suggests that key public sector workers are now increasingly able to purchase their own home. Its research shows that the average priced home in 38% of towns is affordable for the average key worker to buy, up from 36% in 2012. This improvement in the past year appears to have come mainly as a result of house price falls in the north. However, affordability remains below the 2003 level when the average house was considered to be affordable in 43% of towns. All key worker occupations analysed – fire-fighters, nurses, teachers, paramedics, and police officers – have seen large improvements in the affordability to buy in the last five years. Nurses have...