Homeowners sitting on gains of £80,000 over the last 20 years

Data from Zoopla shows significant increases in UK property prices over the last two decades

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Homeowners in the UK who bought their property in the last 20 years are sitting on average gains of £80,000, according to Zoopla.

Research from the property website also found that those who sold their home in the last 12 months, made £65,000 on average, despite a recent drop in house prices.

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Chris Newlands

Chris is a freelance journalist, and was previously an editor and correspondent at the Financial Times as well as the business and money editor at The i Newspaper. He is also the author of the Virgin Money Maker, the personal finance guide published by Virgin Books, and has written for the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, South China Morning Post, TimeOut, Barron's and The Guardian. He is a graduate in Economics.