Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for the last quarter of 2016, may have passed you by. The results are interesting though and certainly a good story for residential investment over the last year - the sector did better than retail industrial, leisure or office property.
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government are committed to delivering a million new homes by 2020. Yet with limited land availability, rising costs and shortage of skilled labour the government and the house building industry need to become innovative with regards to how housing is built if those targets are to be met.
While we would expect to see differences in the provision of flats and houses across the country due to the dynamics of the local population, the size and setting of localities – cities versus villages, suburbs versus regeneration zones - and the opportunities available for development, it is perhaps surprising, that the balance of flats and houses swings so distinctly and dramatically over time at a national level.
There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise more than once – so will 2017 be equally unpredictable, or can we expect a calmer more measured year ahead?
London Mayor, Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24 hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night Czar, Amy Lamé.
Dataloft regularly analyse mortgage affordability and how much of our earnings are typically spent on meeting mortgage payments. Mortgage affordability tells us a lot about the future direction of the market
It’s not just numbers at Dataloft HQ, our brainstorming session took some of the team to King’s Cross this week for some real-life bricks and mortar. Dataloft day-out photos.
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Letter from the Chancellor to the Bank of England
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