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• The stagnant housing market: More a problem of first-time movers than first-time buyers

  First-time buyers are increasingly becoming trapped in their first-time homes and unable to move on to homes that better suit their needs. That at least is the implication of some figures that caught my eye recently when I was looking though some data... Posted Nov 10 2009, 08:41 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, housing policy, inflation, interest rates, property transactions, first-time buyers, Richard Donnell, Hometrack, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Housing Market Intelligence, first-time movers

• Food for thought for would-be housing minister

  The Building and Social Housing Foundation has emailed its latest report " The Future of Housing ", which has just been published. It would be rather tricky to summarise the document other than to say it provides a critical look at the state... Posted Oct 19 2009, 11:49 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, housing policy, Grant Shapps, John Healey, Building and Social Housing Foundation

• Are falling rents a prelude to a further nasty correction in house prices?

  The latest survey of the rental market by the surveyors' body RICS suggests that the flood of "couldn't sell" properties into the lettings market has led to a sharp fall in rents. And the expectations are that rents will fall further... Posted Mar 18 2009, 01:09 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: house prices, RICS, housing market, housing policy, rents

• Is this Government ignorance which I see before me?

  The latest report from the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee called Housing and the Credit Crunch is well worth a read for a run through of the current travails of the industry. It seems broadly to "welcome" what the... Posted Feb 24 2009, 09:31 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: house building, job losses, housing policy, CLG, housing targets