ONS House Price Index – how reliable is it?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) house price index has long been relied upon as the most reliable of the indices when trying to decipher what house prices have actually been doing. This is due to it being the only index that doesn’t discriminate on how buyers paid, and includes
The Political Game Around Homeownership
Both Labour and the Conservatives are sparring over the state of the housing market. As we hit summer next year, expect electoral promises around increasing housing supply and reintroducing schemes designed to kick start the housing market by enabling first time buyers access to the market, in return for your vote.This