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“We welcome the news today that the HBF and the Government have confirmed their shared ambition to increase UK housing output and deliver 1 million homes by 2020. The UK continues to be challenged by a short supply of suitable,... View Article

Naomi Heaton, CEO of LCP, comments, “With the UK’s EU referendum fast approaching, questions are inevitably circulating about how the build-up and outcome will impact upon property prices and the future of the UK and London market. Indeed, in a... View Article

Rob Weaver, Director of Investments at property crowdfunding platform Property Partner, comments: “The much-heralded stamp duty deadline ultimately led to a stampede by buy-to-let investors and second home owners up to March. Unsurprisingly, April’s dip in house prices is the calm... View Article

Kim Vernau, CEO, BLP Insurance comments on the impact of the mayoral elections on the London housing sector: “Housing was a top priority for both candidates during the mayoral election campaign and now Sadiq Khan needs to prove that theory... View Article

The Brick Development Association (BDA) is pleased to hear the public has appointed a new Mayor of London with strong views on the housing crisis. Sadiq Khan, the MP for Tooting, included a 50 per cent increase in genuinely affordable... View Article

Alex Rose, Managing Director of Data Analytics at Hometrack, said: “The lack of clarity around how key parts of the Government’s housing and planning bill are likely to survive the journey through parliament is impacting confidence in the house building... View Article

According to exclusive research from Knight Frank’s Retirement Housing report, by 2039, one in 12 people will be aged 80 or over. Therefore, the need for a dramatic increase in new housing for the ageing population across the UK is... View Article

Sadiq Khan’s welcome focus on construction skills risks being overshadowed by an unrealistic affordable housing policy, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the London mayoral elections. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “Khan is... View Article

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on extending Right to Buy, Cllr Sharon Taylor, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association, said: “Our projections show extending the Right to Buy scheme to housing association tenants could cost £6 billion... View Article

“The growth rate of UK house prices was always going to slow from the stamp duty fuelled acceleration witnessed last month.” There was a new record peak in the number of transactions in March, up 11 per cent on the... View Article

“April’s increase in the stamp duty on second homes fired demand substantially in March. With the deadline past, price rises in April are returning to more normal levels. And as uncertainty over the EU referendum continues, we may see this... View Article

Edo Mapelli Mozzi, CEO of Banda Property, comments on the upcoming London Mayoral Election: “It’s indisputable that the London property market has become a bank vault for investors in the UK and overseas, while Londoners who live, work and send... View Article

The Vinden Partnership reacts to the RICS UK Construction Market Survey Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “Anybody following the recent surveys and analysis of the... View Article

Leading online estate agent, eMoov.co.uk, warns that should Tata’s Port Talbot steel works close its doors, the economic impact to the Port Talbot property market could be a 10% drop in the average house price over the next 12 months.... View Article

Prime country house prices have been rising for 13 consecutive quarters. Additional findings: Prime country house prices rose by 0.3% in Q1 2016 Annual growth has eased to 2.4%, down from a high of 5.2% in 2014 Sub-£1 million homes... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “As the financial year came to a close, house prices rocketed in the biggest annual rise seen since July 2014. This coincided with the last-minute rush for those looking... View Article

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented: “Despite the drop in prices reported last month UK house prices seem to be finding their feet again for 2016 and the result of this 2.6% increase means the price cool in... View Article

Commenting on the latest Markit UK Construction PMI data, Chris Temple, PwC’s UK engineering and construction leader, said: “The UK construction industry enjoyed a relatively strong period of growth from early 2013 through to mid-2015, helped partly by a bounce... View Article