“Climate of caution looks set to continue”
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on the latest RICS Residential Market Survey for April 2017:
“A recovery in the residential property market is underway”
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on the latest HMRC transaction data
Search Acumen comments on today’s ONS House Price Index, February 2017
Commenting on the recently published ONS House Price Index, Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, stated: “Today’s house price data will do nothing to improve the bleak view of the UK’s property market. Average house price growth remains below the extortionate surge we witnessed in 2016, but the 5.8% growth in the year to February 2017 […]
The industry must pull together to overturn our housing shortage and answer the cries of those struggling
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on today’s DCLG Help to Buy (Equity Loan scheme) statistics: 1 April 2013 to 31 December 2016
ONS housing affordability statistics for England and Wales: 1997 to 2016
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “Today’s statistics reveal that the typical price paid for residential property in England and Wales increased by 259% between 1997 and 2016 – an obviously significant jump over nearly two decades. On average, working people could expect to pay around seven and a half times their annual salary […]
Search Acumen comments on Department for Communities and Local Government housing statistics
Following the recent release of the 2016 housebuilding statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Director of Search Acumen, Andy Somerville has commented: “2016 housebuilding starts soared to their highest level seen in England since the financial crisis in 2008 – reaching over 150,000 across all dwellings. During a year filled with uncertainty, many […]
