Posts Tagged ‘housing supply’
Housing demand has softened in early months of 2018 according to Halifax
Latest Halifax House Price Index report – April 2018 released today headlines ‘Annual House Price Growth at 2.2%’. House prices in the three months to April 2018 were 2.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier according to Halifax. The report reveals that on a monthly basis, prices fell by 3.1% in…
Read MoreHousing Implementation Taskforce discusses the progress Government is making and further actions needed to increase housing supply.
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday 5th February 2018 chaired the inaugural meeting of the Housing Implementation Taskforce – a cross-government working group, to discuss the progress Government is making and further actions needed to increase housing supply. A Downing Street spokesperson said: “Today the Prime Minister chaired the first meeting of the Housing Implementation Taskforce at…
Read MoreProposed planning changes to help boost housing supply and improve affordability
Announcement from Department for Communities and Local Government and the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid 14th September 2017 headlined ‘New planning approach to speed up delivering homes’. An innovative approach to planning new homes will ensure they’re built where most needed, save councils millions of pounds every year and help deliver more affordable homes has been…
Read MoreBuying cheaper than renting.
An interesting article appeared on the Zoopla website yesterday with the headlines ‘Buying cheaper than renting in nearly half of Britain”s major cities’, with Glasgow, Coventry and Birmingham topping the list of places where buying beats renting. Zoopla’s Lawrence Hall explained: “On top of the enjoyment that can come with owning your property, buyers…
Read MoreSupply of New Homes increases
A Housing statistical release yesterday from the The Department of Communities and Local Goverment gave figures on net supply of housing for 2014-15. Annual housing supply in England amounted to 170,690 net additional dwellings in 2014-15, a 25% in net additional dwellings from 2013-14. The 170,690 net additions figure for 2014-15 comprised 155,080 new build…
Read MoreProperty supply dwindles according to NAEA
According to the National Association of Estate Agents UK housing market report for August 2014 , the number of properties available to buy per estate agent fell to an eleven year low in the month. Supply of available housing fell by a third in the last month, with 38 houses available per branch in August,…
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