First time buyers need a combined income of almost 80 grand
b"\\u20ac77,000 \\u2013 that is the median total a couple had\\xa0to buy their first home last year.\\xa0\\nThe figures released by the Banking & Payments Federation represent an increase of 6 thousand euro since 2019.\\xa0Brendan Burgess Founder of the consumer forum Ask about money.com joined Shane on the show this morning.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'."