All house prices articles
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CommentIs it time for housing policy to pay more heed to the costs and the benefits of location?
From just over a quarter of the sale price of a home in the late 1950s, location now accounts for close on 70%
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CommentThings may look slightly better in the housing market, but I wouldn’t get too excited
What are the medium-term prospects of the housing market?
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2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentThis decade will be the first in more than a century when Britain’s homes become more crowded
The rate we’re building homes is failing to keep pace with population growth
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CommentThe dials are set for a long period of flatlining but it's high house prices that bode ill for building
If we can’t shift houses that are already built, how can we build more?
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CommentMr Cameron, here’s how to build 500,000 homes and net £10bn for the Treasury – well maybe
Is David Cameron’s call for a ‘housing revolution’ too good to be true?
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CommentHousing market seems to be entering a new phase as economic worries grow
A potential further drop in transactions is concerning
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CommentDon’t read scare stories into the housing figures – we already know things are bad
The latest CLG housebuilding figures are in
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CommentHalf-term report for the housing market 2011 – fragile and flatlining
The recent stats to emerge on the housing market make for worrying reading
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CommentEngland’s housing stock grows slower than the population for the first time in decades
The historic trend of increasing the pool of homes faster than population growth looks like going into reverse
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CommentLatest housing market weather reports suggest little break in the clouds post's title
House prices are bad, but no worse than we’ve come to expect
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CommentCity traders still see dismal future for house prices
Those betting on the future of house prices are predicting a decline of 7.5% in two years’ time
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CommentSpiralling rents pose a tough question for Shapps: Where will the new homes come from?
The newest survey by RICS ups the pressure for affordable housing
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CommentSpeeding up public land sales itself will not boost housebuilding
Housebuilders already have enough land - the challenge is to find buyers
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CommentHousing market: more stable but still fragile
Prices shouldn't fall too much in 2011 provided interest rates and unemployment doesn't rise
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CommentRICS housing survey suggests a house price slide, unless you’re in London
Banker bonuses pep up prices in London, while public sector cut-backs hit the North
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CommentHouse prices flatline in a fragile market, but what does this mean for construction?
House prices are stable but that doesn’t mean an upward supply of housing
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Comment1.2 million more dwellings than households – is that right?
There are sound reasons why we need more dwellings than households
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CommentRICS housing market survey provides more worries over build rate for homes
Housebuilders are refusing to reduce prices which means fewer buyers