[shhudson]

For some reason this is a really popular topic to drag up on a slow news day in the UK. The facts are that UK own-home ownership is actually quite average compared to other European countries and others around the world. Wikipedia has a helpful table [1] about this topic.

The UK ranks 37th lowest out the 46 countries included. France is nearly the same. Germany and Austria are the only two large European countries that are lower.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_owne...

[oneeyedpigeon]

It's also interesting to note that, contrary to the tone in the original article, those countries near the top of the list are hardly paragons of capitalism.