Prime country house prices have been rising for 13 consecutive quarters, ahead of the upcoming stamp duty changes. Additional findings: Prime country house prices rose by 0.3% in Q1 2016 Annual growth has eased to 2.4%, down from a high... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments on the Halifax House Price Index (March 2016): “As the financial year came to a close, house prices rocketed in the biggest annual rise seen since July 2014. This... View Article

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented on the latest Halifax House Price Index: “Despite the drop in prices reported last month UK house prices seem to be finding their feet again for 2016 and the result of this... View Article

Commenting on the latest Markit UK Construction PMI data, Chris Temple, PwC’s UK engineering and construction leader, said: “The UK construction industry enjoyed a relatively strong period of growth from early 2013 through to mid-2015, helped partly by a bounce... View Article

Martin Bennett, a Regional Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – comments on the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI): “It would appear that the political uncertainty around the economy... View Article

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, comments on today’s Markit/CIPS Construction PMI: “This latest barometer of the health of the construction industry brings less than welcome news today, showing that output has not increased since February’s overall ten-month low. The... View Article

Kalpana Padhiar, risk underwriting manager and construction specialist at global credit insurer Euler Hermes, said: “Broad concerns about global growth and the uncertainty surrounding the Brexit referendum, together with the acute skills shortage, are all weighing down on investment decisions... View Article

Andrew Watters, senior tax adviser at Thomas Eggar (part of the Irwin Mitchell Group) comments on the Bank of England’s measures to curb risky lending, including tougher financial checks on landlords buying second properties. “The rush to buy for landlords... View Article

Chris Pike, Client Development Director, Infrastructure, Arcadis “The long-term prosperity of our major cities is directly linked to creating economic infrastructure and transport systems that connect these cities to each other and to the capital. That is why the National... View Article

Paula Higgins, founder and Chief Executive of the HomeOwners Alliance (HOA) has the following thoughts on the impact of a Brexit on Britain’s homeowners: 1. Interest rates: Most economists expect if we do vote for Brexit, it will lead to... View Article

Leading UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has claimed a target of 40,000 new homes by 2025 in London’s Central Activities Zone (CAZ) is unrealistic without radical public sector intervention. The law firm claims that to reach these figures the Mayor... View Article

· Households in all UK regions perceive that the value of their home rose in March · Londoners perceived the strongest rate of price growth over the course of the month, followed by those in the South East · Households... View Article

Commenting on the Budget 2016, Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “The Chancellor has talked of uncertain economic times ahead and it would seem that with... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “Although gross mortgage lending fell between January and February, it is important to remember this is a common seasonal trend. It is very encouraging to see February’s lending is... View Article

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, comments on today’s ONS Construction Output data: “Despite a positive end to 2015, with strong growth of 3.4% in construction output across the year, there has been both an annual and a monthly dip... View Article

Commenting on the January construction output figures published by the ONS, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said: “Today’s figures show a second successive fall in output, which is bad news not... View Article

The Vinden Partnership react to February’s Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Martin Bennett, a Regional Director at The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment, commented: “The growing economic uncertainty is clearly affecting... View Article

The Landscape Institute (LI) has expressed its encouragement with the NHS England announcement of the Heathy New Towns Programme. LI president Noel Farrer said: ‘ NHS England announcement on the Healthy New Towns programme is an important development for improving public health. Treating... View Article

By Martin Townsend, Director of Sustainability, BRE Global Published last week, the House of Lords Select Committee report Building Better Places makes significant and welcome recommendations to improve the quality and health of homes being constructed in the future rather... View Article