Tag Archives: house prices

(Graph) How what people own is more unequally distributed than what they earn

There has been lots of discussion recently about how much more the ’1 per cent’ earn than everyone else. There has been less attention paid to how much more they own.

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Private rents in London outstrip inflation

Private rents in London are outstripping inflation, new figures reveal.

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Young people locked out of property market

Young people are increasingly locked out of the property market due to rising prices.

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Immigration ‘pushes up house prices 10%’… More May migration myths?

Theresa May yesterday said house prices could be “10 per cent lower over a 20-year period” if net migration was cut to zero – claims which don’t quite add up.

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Falling confidence hits housing market

Latest figures from the Halifax show house prices in the UK fell by 3.6 pc in September. The average UK house is now valued at £162,096 according to the bank.

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