Yes I do,
When my father tried to buy his first house in the 60s it was a detached bungalow at around 3k, even though he had almost half that amount in savings his mortgage application-well interview, was turned down probably because he was a coal miner,
Whereas I got my foot on the ladder with a very easy to arrange mortgage for about 14k, which took into account the earnings of myself and missus, subsequently we started in BTL around 2000, again when mortgages were easy to come by.
With property prices so much higher I doubt very much we'd be able to do it now.