Publications Housing Outlook Q1 2023 28 January 2023 by Emily Fry and Felicia Odamtten and Cara Pacitti Over the past year, we have seen some of the most challenging conditions for living standards on record. Not only has the price of essentials such as food and fuel… Continue Reading
Events Mortgaged millennials to bitterly cold boomers Assessing the cost of living crisis across generations Monday 14 November 2022 Rising energy bills are with us and rising mortgage bills are on the way. While wages are falling far behind inflation, debates rage about whether benefits or the state pension… Continue Reading
Publications Interesting times Assessing the impact of rising interest rates on mortgagors’ living standards 15 October 2022 by Lindsay Judge and Jack Leslie and Krishan Shah R. I. P. low interest rates: the cost of borrowing is seriously on the rise. Inflationary pressures in the economy have been pushing interest rates up for some time, and… Continue Reading
Publications Housing Outlook Q3 2022 17 September 2022 by Felicia Odamtten and Daniel Tomlinson Attention has understandably been focused on energy bills in recent months, but other price pressures have also been building of late. With large increases in private rents reported over the… Continue Reading
Publications Housing Outlook Q2 2022 30 April 2022 by Lindsay Judge and Jonathan Marshall In this Housing Outlook we investigate what the warming world means for England’s housing stock and for the families living in these homes. One of the main ways that climate… Continue Reading
Publications Housing Outlook Q4 2021 The impact of higher inflation on social renters’ housing costs 22 December 2021 by Lindsay Judge and Felicia Odamtten and Krishan Shah Welcome to the final Housing Outlook of 2021.1 Times are tough for many at present, as prices rise and Omicron puts the UK’s tentative economic recovery in jeopardy. In this… Continue Reading
Publications Hope to buy The decline of youth home ownership 2 December 2021 by Adam Corlett and Felicia Odamtten This briefing note explores how the home ownership fortunes of those aged 25 to 34 have changed over time. Owning one’s home is an enduring preference for the majority of… Continue Reading
Events The Great British wealth windfall Is now the time to reform property taxation? Thursday 9 December 2021 House prices across the UK have rocketed over recent decades, and have continued to surge even when the rest of the economy collapsed during the Covid crisis. This has delivered… Continue Reading
