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New research suggests house buyers “price in” access to cycle routes.
Larger developments can bring new schools and roads – but they are also prone to severe delays.
Older people often stay in large houses that aren’t suitable for them anymore. Can we make it easier for them to contemplate moving to a smaller place?
In a competitive market, careful planning and research will increase the chance of you buying a property you want and can afford.
Whether renting or buying, many lifelong residents can no longer afford to live in Europe’s cities. Will this change any time soon?
In the middle of a cost of living crisis, new-build prices are up by nearly a fifth in the past year alone.
It’s now common knowledge loans and gifts from family are a large part of breaking into the housing market. But how is parental financial support being used in other areas?
The questions you should be asking a mortgage broker.
England’s housing strategy will consume our entire carbon budget by 2050 – there are alternatives, but they face political and economic barriers.
History indicates house prices are more likely to see a correction and prolonged stagnation, not a crash
In a period when homelessness and housing costs have reached crisis levels, it’s time to look at housing co-operatives as a potential game-changer.
Our surroundings will be very different over the duration of a typical mortgage.
More housing supply doesn’t mean lower prices. If policy-makers want to make homes more affordable, they must tackle developers who drive up prices and consider taxing capital gains on homes.
The fact that Canadian house prices have risen far beyond rental rates tells us that it’s due to financial factors alone — not a lack of supply. House prices are asset prices.
House prices have been stronger than most had expected at the start of the pandemic, but can they continue rising?
The pandemic delivered a political year like no other. The risk now is that the country returns to a ‘normal’ that wasn’t working to start with.
New Zealand’s housing market is ill designed to create the surpluses that would force down values. Only the state can change that.
Millions of Australians are struggling with unaffordable housing. It’s a systemic problem that’s been decades in the making, and only concerted system-wide reforms will fix it.
Houses will be worth more or less what they would have been, if Labor’s policies are adopted, NSW Treasury analysis says.
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor Emeritus of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
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Head of Finance and Macroeconomics, Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Doctoral Researcher in Economic History, Lund University
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Professor of Economics, University of Kent
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Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Planning, Newcastle University, Newcastle University
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London