Housing

In response to deteriorating global economic conditions, Rachel Reeves chose to fine-tune her spending plans to continue to meet her fiscal rules. 

At this policy conference, four panels of experts gave their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.

We study young adults who live with parents, considering how the share living with parents varies across groups, and how this can relate to saving.

We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, renting, and homeownership.

The prime minister’s rhetoric on housebuilding is welcome, but it won’t be enough without a complete overhaul of the planning system.

Foregoing a degree for an apprenticeship, saving during Covid and being born and bred in the capital have helped. With sky-high rents, others are not.

The responsiveness of housing supply to local demand is highest in the East of England and lowest in and around London and in the North-West.

See how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive building has been to prices in areas across England.

London is the only region where population growth has significantly outpaced growth in housing supply.

This comment discusses how well housebuilding in England has responded to changes in local demand over the last 25 years.

How well – or badly – has the UK fared on the 12 levelling up missions? We examine early progress and the scale of the challenge ahead.