Male mortgage affordability has been 15 percent higher over the last decade than for females, according to research from online estate agent eMoov.co.uk.

eMoov looked at the latest ONS data for the average wage over a ten year period (from 2006 to 2016) for both men and women and then looked at their mortgage affordability at 4.5 times that wage. The company then highlighted the gap in purchase power between the two showing mortgage availability as a percentage of the average house price at the time.

The average mortgage affordability...