How finances and the economy have changed over 25 years.
- Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
Keir Starmer says a Labour government would take action to stop bidding rounds organised by landlords, but will it work?
The public might love the idea of rent control but economists warn that without better policy – and more construction – it cannot fix the housing crisis.
Council housing in England has not been built on any kind of scale since the late 1970s.
The symptoms are clear, but the cure will remain elusive until we recognise the many sources of the problem.
Brexit worries have shaken the professional end of the sector, but Britain’s troubles have run far deeper for far longer.
Both sides have used the housing ladder to persuade voters in the EU referendum campaign. Are they right to do so?
Time to pick apart the rationale in doom-laden predictions for Britain’s second favourite topic of conversation.
The way we raise tax for local councils is unfair and unfeasible - our expert takes a look at the alternatives.
The budget contained some major housing reforms, but the chancellor had no answer to the sector’s number-one problem.
There is a nice weather map cartoon by Matt featuring the UK characterised by the varied intensity of dinner table house price conversation. And it is not just that we are obsessed with property values…
The 20th Commonwealth Games have come and gone. Glasgow has demonstrated that it can successfully deliver a large-scale, global, multi-sport and cultural event. It can fill the stadia, shuttle people around…
The government’s legislative plan for its final year has been set out in the Queen’s speech. It most notably contains a recall bill that will allow voters to sack MPs who are jailed or who have committed…
Just 43% of Germans own their homes – one of the world’s lowest rates. This reminds us that housing tenure has little to do with economic and social policy performance. So is the UK set to continue its…
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled his fourth budget. The blueprint for recovery includes wholesale changes to pensions and savings, attempts to boost business investment, new relief for the costs…
Britain is home to an increasingly dysfunctional housing market. The risk is that a chancellor trying to lay the foundations for a 2015 election victory will struggle to find the balance between the short…
Amid all the noise around UK housing policy, it is worth taking a step back and asking a deeper question about our property market. Yes, another bubble would be damaging for the UK economy and especially…
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