According to exclusive research from Knight Frank’s Retirement Housing report, by 2039, one in 12 people will be aged 80 or over. Therefore, the need for a dramatic increase in new housing for the ageing population across the UK is... View Article

Sadiq Khan’s welcome focus on construction skills risks being overshadowed by an unrealistic affordable housing policy, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the London mayoral elections. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “Khan is... View Article

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on extending Right to Buy, Cllr Sharon Taylor, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association, said: “Our projections show extending the Right to Buy scheme to housing association tenants could cost £6 billion... View Article

“The growth rate of UK house prices was always going to slow from the stamp duty fuelled acceleration witnessed last month.” There was a new record peak in the number of transactions in March, up 11 per cent on the... View Article

“April’s increase in the stamp duty on second homes fired demand substantially in March. With the deadline past, price rises in April are returning to more normal levels. And as uncertainty over the EU referendum continues, we may see this... View Article

Edo Mapelli Mozzi, CEO of Banda Property, comments on the upcoming London Mayoral Election: “It’s indisputable that the London property market has become a bank vault for investors in the UK and overseas, while Londoners who live, work and send... View Article

The Vinden Partnership reacts to the RICS UK Construction Market Survey Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “Anybody following the recent surveys and analysis of the... View Article

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has today responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s discussion paper on the ageing population and financial services, strongly supporting its message of collaboration and urging a regulatory focus on helping firms to achieve better outcomes... View Article

Commenting on the latest construction figures published by the ONS today which show a 1.5% increase in output on the previous three months, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said:  “Though these figures show growth in the sector,... View Article

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets said: The Goods Yard is a key site in East London. It deserves the high quality consideration other developments have adhered to in both Tower Hamlets and Hackney. This includes the right level of... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the results of the ‘Investigation into the Department of Energy & Climate Change’s loans to the Green Deal Finance Company’ by the National Audit Office. RIBA Sustainability Policy Advisor Emilia... View Article

Leading online estate agent, eMoov.co.uk, warns that should Tata’s Port Talbot steel works close its doors, the economic impact to the Port Talbot property market could be a 10% drop in the average house price over the next 12 months.... View Article

Prime country house prices have been rising for 13 consecutive quarters. Additional findings: Prime country house prices rose by 0.3% in Q1 2016 Annual growth has eased to 2.4%, down from a high of 5.2% in 2014 Sub-£1 million homes... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “As the financial year came to a close, house prices rocketed in the biggest annual rise seen since July 2014. This coincided with the last-minute rush for those looking... View Article

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented: “Despite the drop in prices reported last month UK house prices seem to be finding their feet again for 2016 and the result of this 2.6% increase means the price cool in... View Article

Commenting on the latest Markit UK Construction PMI data, Chris Temple, PwC’s UK engineering and construction leader, said: “The UK construction industry enjoyed a relatively strong period of growth from early 2013 through to mid-2015, helped partly by a bounce... View Article

Martin Bennett, a Regional Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “It would appear that the political uncertainty around the economy is still playing a significant part in this subdued... View Article