Ceredigion’s MP has highlighted the housing issues facing people in the county, saying he has had dozens of people contact him in recent months struggling to find a home.

In his latest Cambrian News column, Ben Lake MP says the vast majority of people contacting him are young people desperate to buy – or even rent – a place in Ceredigion, but simply cannot afford the properties on the market.

The Cambrian News reported last week that prices have risen by more than 12 per cent in Ceredigion over the past 12 months despite a slight fall in the last quarter, data has revealed.

The figures have been released from Principality Building Society’s Wales House Price Index for the second quarter of 2021, which demonstrates the rise and fall in house prices in each of the 22 local authorities in Wales.

In Ceredigion, house prices have now risen 12.7 per cent since the same time last year, but growth pulled back slightly in the last three months, dropping by 1.4 per cent.

The average house price in the county is now £233,189, figures show.

Mr Lake highlights that the fastest house price growth in a generation has not been matched by income rises and warns if action isn’t taken soon "the crisis will leave in its wake another generation of young people priced out of the area, and forced to leave their home communities".

Mr Lake also highlights the rise in renting in Ceredigion, making it "nigh-on impossible" for people to save for a mortgage deposit.

Read Mr Lake’s full column and suggestions for improving the status quo in Wednesday’s Cambrian News.