Want to see a dramatic increase in homelessness? Just add rent control
A Guest post by Peter Morgan over at LeftFootForward offers a real blast from the past. He suggests introducing price controls on rental properties. His theory is that this will act as a simple...
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How stamp duty stamps out the labour market
Stamp duty from residential property provided £4.22 billion for the Exchequer in 2011/12. That is only two thirds of the pre-crash peak and is similar to levels seen in 2004. The regional picture is...
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Who can afford a nicer house than their parental home?
Staying with parents Increasing numbers of adults are living with their parents. The reason is obvious: it costs too much to move out. Building more houses might help but only if the market works to...
View ArticleOverseas investment in the UK housing market
A few years ago, when the property market had not yet recovered from the recession, the coalition’s then housing minister Grant Shapps declared that the era of dramatic house price growth was over. He...
View ArticleThe economy is showing some growth beyond the property bubble
The preliminary GDP estimate for the first quarter of 2014 revealed growth. The economy shows gross value added during the quarter, at constant prices, £10 billion greater than a year earlier. It...
View ArticleThe ‘rent trap’ is only half the problem – landlords are pricing out...
The latest instalment in the English Housing Survey series highlights many of the difficulties facing that growing mass of would-be first-time buyers despairing of ever getting a foot on the ladder. An...
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