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by AndrewDucker 404 days ago
The modern mortgage market is largely based around multiple people with jobs.

Once you have a kid either one of those people is taking 5 years out of work or they're paying nursery fees for the next 5 years. Either of which is incredibly expensive (£15k per year in the UK for full-time childcare).

So a lot of people decide "Well, I didn't fancy children that much."