It could take someone earning the average salary between 2-and-a-half and almost 89 years to buy their first home, depending on where they live.
Research by Switcher.ie has found Roscommon is the most affordable county for a solo mortgage applicant's first home.
While Leitrim is the most affordable place for first time buyers, taking two and a half years to save for a deposit.
Both Sligo and Leitrim feature in the ten most affordable areas and take, on average, 2.9 years to save for a deposit.
The average income for joint house buyers is 83 thousand euro, and it could take about 4-and-a-half years to save for a deposit.
For both joint and solo first time buyers, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is the most expensive area at 560 thousand euro for an apartment.
