Buying a house increasingly out of reach for starters. ‘Most shocking was how much I fell short’

The 25-year-old Lucas (who does not want his last name in the newspaper) from Groningen has been looking for a house to buy for some time, preferably an apartment with three rooms. For himself or one where he can live with his girlfriend of the same age. He has a job at the university, she works for the Groningen Energy Dome.