Buying furniture can be stressful as you never really know how it’ll look until it’s in your house. Warsaw-based Tylko wants to change that, letting shoppers customise style and dimensions before visualising a piece of furniture at home using AR. Can this approach get armchairs rocking?

From being saddled with student debt, to sky-high housing prices, the dream of owning a home has never seemed more distant to most Gen Yers. Claiming to be “the missing step,” Unmortgage is helping people put down roots with a scheme that partially finances their homes.

Only one in five Britons live in their dream house, but rather than selling up, homeowners are investing in improvements. With high prices and the stress of moving preventing people from climbing up the property ladder, they're building basements and other extensions instead.

Contrary to popular belief that Gen Y willingly embody 'Generation Rent', 91% UK Gen Yers have just as strong a desire to own a home as previous generations. Data suggests it's the reality of being priced out – not the abandonment of ownership – that's preventing them achieving the milestone.