The last couple of years has been very tough on the world what with the recession and everything but with housing prices actually falling in this time were young people just making excuses on why they cannot move out into a place of their own?

Most younger people do not want to stick around with their parents forever and are looking for a way to move out so I do not think the majority are making excuses up. This is not because they dislike living with their parents, many people just need to feel more independant when it comes to their lives. Another big problem is finding someone to live with, people do not just want to live with utter strangers. There are of course many prices that went down but also many that soared through the roof. Many thousands of jobs were lost and this of course affected the younger people of the population too.

Prices of things like heating, electricity and water went up and there is often no way a young person can afford to pay out for all of these extras. On top of this there are also many other things that need to be bought for the home such as beside table, dining room furniture and of course those fancy white wardrobes, meaning it can be almost impossible to move out.

So are we likely to see more youngsters moving out this year? Well I have to say it isn’t really that likely. Taxes are on the rise again after the royal screw up that Gordon Brown has left the country in meaning it is going to be even harder for younger people to move out.

While I still live at home and thoroughly enjoy my time there I do want to eventually move out but 2010 doesn’t look like it is going to be the year for me or in fact a lot of other people.