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housing ladder noun[ S ] UKuk /ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ˌlæd.ər/ us /ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ˌlæd.ɚ/ the housing ladder a series of stages in owning a home in which you buy a small or cheap home first, and are able to buy a bigger or more expensive one when you sell it: get on the housing ladderSoaring house prices are making it hard for people to get on the housing ladder. The whole housing chain has slowed down because people on the second rung of the housing ladder cannot find a buyer. Synonym
the property ladder It's virtually impossible for young people to get on to the housing ladder now. Getting a foot on the housing ladder in the current market is not easy. Whole swathes of the population have been priced off the housing ladder. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Houses & homes A-frame ADU affordable housing almshouse apartment dormitory dosshouse dower house duplex efficiency Nissen hut non-housing old people's home palace palazzo town house townhouse tract house trap house two-up two-down |