To buy or not to buy?
A new report from Savills has indicated that the private rented sector will account for one in five homes by 2016. Rents also look likely to continue their upward trend with average prime London rent showing a 12 per cent increase over the last year. Rental demand from overseas corporate tenants has also increased with […]
Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for housing market reform
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), a charity that funds UK wide research and development, have called for ‘urgent and fundamental reform’ of the housing market following what they call a ‘failure of policy-makers to learn the lessons from previous boom and bust cycles’. The UK, which has one of the most volatile housing markets in […]