If I was single? Almost no chance - but with my fiancée we should be able to get a mortgage on a house within a few years. You really need the two incomes though as one income covers the mortgages + other bills, and the other income covers food + savings.
you don't need two people (though of course, it helps) what you need is good money managing skills. it's amazing how people find it difficult to balance their money. money in vs money out, look at your bank statements over the past 3 months, then look at them over the next 3 months, see where your money is going. a lot of people think they know where their money is going but don't and it easily done. get a highlighter pen to the statements on certain purchases.
when i first did this, i was amazed that i was spending about £30 on 'snacks', sandwiches, drinks etc mon-fri, on top of taking a packed lunch to work (i'm not fat
) i immediatley stopped this but because i was only spending £2-£5 at a time, i wasn't noticing what impact it was having on my income. internet shopping was the worst though as it's so easy. now, if i could just knock the smokes on the head
lock the above in with other outgoings, fuel, any cc's or loans, that item of clothing you may treat yourself to every week/month and you get a clearer picture of where you can cut back.
some things are constants, mobile phone for example, i would pay £35 pm whether i lived at my folks or here, internet is different though as my folks paid for internet, now i have too, same with council tax, tv licence etc.
doing the above will help you budget on what you can afford for a mortgage.
