I ' m buying alone , and with the wage I ' m on I ' ve struggled to get a house for 100 K with a 5 % deposit . It ' s taken me around 18 months to do this . If I had to rent while trying to save on my current salary it would have taken me decades to even get 5 % Sorry but I call bullshit . For example if you didn ' t upgrade your mobile to the latest one when your contract ended and went SIM only you ' d have 10 % 15 % of that 5 k deposit right there in just that one thing . Bought car on finance ? Got any loans or credit card debt for spending on things you could actually live without for a short while ? They ' re the reasons you struggle . <| sep |> Hi Alexis , sent an email to you ! <| sep |> Should be illegal , preferably with a big fine attached to it . Probably not gonna happen under Trump , though .