Nearly half of Europeans who do not own their own home have given up hope of ever doing so, with pessimism¹ highest among Britons and Germans, the results of a survey showed.

一项调查结果显示，欧洲近半数无房一族已对买房不抱希望，其中以英国人和德国人最为悲观。

The poll by Dutch bank ING found 48% of respondents in 13 European countries who did not own their own home said they probably never would.

荷兰银行ING进行的调查发现，在13个欧洲国家的无房受访者中，有48%的人称他们或许永远不会有房。

Hopes for being able to afford to buy a home were lowest in Britain and Germany, where about 56% of non-homeowners in both countries believed they would never be able to buy.

英国人和德国人对自己能买得起房子最没信心，这两国约56%的无房民众认为自己永远没能力买房。

House prices have long been out of reach for many in Britain and even with uncertainty² over Brexit, data showed prices picking up speed last month.

对许多英国人来说，房价早已遥不可及。数据显示，即使脱欧带来了不确定性，上个月房价仍在加速上涨。

In Germany, though relatively³ cheap compared with other European countries in the past, house prices have risen sharply⁴ in recent years, partly as record low European Central Bank rates have encouraged households to take on debt.

在德国，虽然过去该国房价相较其他欧洲国家相对便宜，但近年来却大幅上涨，欧洲央行创纪录的低利率鼓励家庭举债是造成这种情况的部分原因。

Average real estate⁵ prices in cities including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt have increased by more than 60% since 2010, the Bundesbank estimated.

据德国央行估计，柏林、汉堡、慕尼黑和法兰克福等城市的平均房价自2010年以来已上涨超过60%。