We asked flatshare site what had changed since the year the Tory-Lib Dem coalition took power, 2010. It's not good news:
In 2010, the average room rent was £433.33 a month. In 2015, we were paying £602.33 a month - £169 more.
Over the past five years, SpareRoom has seen an 81% decrease in shared flats and houses being advertised as having living rooms.
In the first three months of 2010, 112,439 room hunters registered with SpareRoom. By 2015, it had jumped to 232,002
There were 23,934 new rooms offered in the first three months of 2010. Five years later, that number had crept up to 38,311.
In 2010 there were 4.7 people searching for every room available. By the start of 2015, that had jumped to 6 people.
Five years ago, the average age of a flatmate was 27 and ¾. Now they’re typically 28 and ½. And if you don't manage to buy your first house in your 20s, .
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