Economics
Average mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped from 43% in 2008 to 31% in 2018
'Owning a home with a mortgage now more affordable than 10 years ago', according to mortgage firm Private Finance, despite house prices soaring by 29%.
These maps show how tricky it is to measure inequality in local areas across England
In the UK, people often think about inequality in geographical terms: for example, places such as Kensington in London are considered 'rich', while Blackpool in Lancashire is considered 'poor'.
Carrington on Q4: Gauging the tipping point
Assuming a discount of about 20% against house prices at their peak, in 2014, the £2.
Wealth taxes are back in fashion – but they’re still a terrible idea
'There is simply no escaping the fact that wealth is far more difficult to tax than income,' argues Jan Zeber in The Spectator.
Eight things we learned from the latest English Housing Survey
There are around 23.2 million households in England, according to the latest official estimate; c.64% of these are owner-occupiers.
The property market’s #10yearchallenge: 2008 Vs 2018
Knight Frank has jumped on the hashtag bandwagon to look at how the UK's property market has changed in the last decade - from a 2008 in the grip of the global financial crisis to a 2018 on the brink of…
71% of businesses are ‘considering investing in residential areas for their employees’
'The housing crisis is moving up the boardroom agenda and is now a serious concern in companies across the UK', says Strutt & Parker
Property price growth in UK cities falls to 2.7%, dragged down by London, Cambridge & the South
Zoopla identifies a 'tripartite housing cycle' from 2009 to the end of 2018
Why the housing ladder doesn’t exist any more
The FT's Thomas Hale has written an interesting piece (with lots of sums), arguing that the traditional lifetime escalation from a first-time buyer's flat to a family-sized house is now 'a myth that young…
Parliament prolongs political & economic uncertainty
House of Commons vote delivers no clarity on Brexit; uncertainty is the property market's 'new normal' says top-end estate agent
The total value of London’s housing stock has fallen for the first time since 2009
The total value of UK residences climbed by 2.7% - or £190bn - in 2018, says Savills, but London saw a 1.5% drop; all the homes in Britain are now worth £7.29 trillion.
Britain ‘set for worst decade of housebuilding since WW2’
Housebuilding numbers have fallen in every decade since the Second World War, and the 2010s are set to continue to the downward trend - despite a rising population.