House prices
House prices by Prime Minister (including Thatcher)
UK house prices rose the most under Tony Blair
By Alex Johnson | Property | Friday, 12 April 2013 at 12:13 am
Generation rent: why aren’t more first-time buyers joining the property ladder?
Home ownership levels peaked 10 years. What’s happened in the last decade to turn almost a whole generation into renters rather than home buyers?
By Simon Read | The Money Blog | Monday, 4 March 2013 at 12:45 pm
Housing will be the next political battleground for 2015
The imagery and the towns change, but the theme of party conferences is always the same: we are the party looking out for YOU.
By Roger Harding | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 15 October 2012 at 4:00 am
Why exactly is it so expensive for us to own a home?
An average three-bed house cost £2,000 in 1952. In 2012 it costs £162,000. That’s an inflation of 8,000%. Have you ever wondered – I mean really wondered – why this is the case?
By Lee Williams | Econoblog, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 28 August 2012 at 10:00 am
Why moderate rents are compatible with a housing shortage
The long fall in rents after 1997, relative to house prices, can largely be accounted for by the secular fall in interest rates, says Tim Leunig.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 11 July 2012 at 3:02 pm
Do we really have a housing shortage?
During the housing boom, rents were cheap by historical standards. What we’ve seen is a correction.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 11 July 2012 at 12:15 pm
Is household deleveraging bad for growth?
The British public, in aggregate, paid down existing mortgages over the month, rather than taking on new home borrowing.
Does this matter for the wider economy? Interesting the OBR suggested in March that it does not.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 12:39 pm
Buckingham Palace has gone up 9000% in value
The Royal residence was worth £11m when the Queen came to the throne and that now risen to around the £1bn mark.Windsor Castle has also done well.
By Alex Johnson | Property | Thursday, 31 May 2012 at 11:36 am
Online House Hunter: Treading water
Another month, another batch of housing figures – with some surprising nuggets hidden among them
By Alan Cleaver | Property | Tuesday, 1 March 2011 at 9:35 am
The trouble with all the bank lending stats
It’s worth taking a long, cool look at the Bank of England’s latest numbers, which are comprehensive, and are especially awful for a couple of reasons.
By Sean O'Grady | Econoblog | Tuesday, 1 February 2011 at 12:26 pm
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