UK House Prices Return to Growth Amid Broad Market Stability, Nationwide Reports
The UK property market is showing renewed strength after a summer slowdown, with house prices rising 0.5% in September, according to Nationwide Building Society. The increase lifted the average UK home price to £271,995, rebounding from a 0.1% […]
Developers Urged to Act as UK Housing Delivery Falls Short of Government Targets
The UK’s housing crisis has deepened as the latest statistics from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) reveal that new housing supply in England continues to lag far behind demand. […]
Homes for Scotland Launches ‘Homes Build Futures’ Campaign to Tackle National Housing Emergency
With Scotland’s housing emergency deepening and more than 250,000 people stuck on waiting lists, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has launched a major new campaign calling for housing to become the number one priority in the 2025 Holyrood election. […]
£90 Million Low-Interest Loan Scheme to Deliver Hundreds of Affordable Homes and Upgrade Thousands More Across Wales
The Welsh Government has unveiled a £90 million package of low-interest loans to accelerate the delivery of affordable housing and improve thousands of existing homes across Wales. The initiative will provide vital support to Registered Social […]
Almost 1.5 Million Homes Could Be Built on Brownfield Sites Without Touching the Green Belt
A new report from the countryside charity CPRE has revealed that England holds enough brownfield land to deliver almost 1.5 million new homes—meeting the government’s ambitious housing target while protecting the nation’s green belt […]
Half of Scotland’s Affordable Housing Need Lies in the East, New Report Warns
Scotland is facing an escalating housing emergency, with a new report from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland revealing that at least 78,465 affordable homes must be delivered by the next parliament – and more […]
Labour’s 1.5 Million Home Pledge in Jeopardy as London Housebuilding Slows
The ambitious Labour housing target of 1.5 million new homes by the next election is facing a major setback, as housebuilding in the capital plummets to record-low levels. Only 30,000 new homes were […]
Housing Market in Wales Shows Signs of Weakening with Falling Sales and Softer Prices
The Welsh housing market continued to show signs of slowing in August, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. Surveyors report that price growth has softened, buyer demand […]
Rough Sleeping in Scotland Hits Record High – Urgent Action Needed to End Homelessness
New figures reveal that rough sleeping in Scotland has surged to its highest levels since records began, rising by almost 30% in the past year. Meanwhile, nearly 5,000 households with children or pregnant […]