Rural Affordable Housing
Rural communities are grappling with a severe affordable housing crisis, marked by high house prices, elevated living costs, and lower incomes, threatening their sustainability and vitality.
21 Jun 2021
Rural house prices in England and Wales rise twice as fast as in cities
Rural house prices in England and Wales are increasing twice as fast as in cities, triggering a fresh affordability crisis for young people, with hotspots flaring up across the country...
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21 Jun 2021
Young people in the UK’s rural hotspots feel priced out
The BBC reports on how the ongoing narrative we heard over the course of the pandemic was how remote working was leading people to give up city life in favour...
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14 Jun 2021
How Green Homes Grant decision penalises rural areas
President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Mark Bridgeman, writes an opinion piece in the Yorkshire Post, stating that when the Government announced that it was ending its...
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14 Jun 2021
House buyers in rural towns face 13% premiums
The FT Advisor reports on new research from Halifax that found that house buyers in small rural towns face a 13 per cent premium on the UK’s market average, equivalent...
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07 Jun 2021
‘Race for space’ fuels 10.9 per cent surge in UK house prices
The Guardian reports on data revealing that younger house buyers are just as keen on building a new life in the country as they are to move to the city...
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04 Jun 2021
Additions to Housing Stock
This analysis presents data on housing supply, broken down into new builds, conversions, change of use, demolitions , all given as a proportion of the total dwelling stock. The analysis...
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01 Jun 2021
Rural areas face threat of 400,000 new homes
Nearly 400,000 homes will be built on greenfield sites in the south of England over the next five years, according to a new analysis of planning policy reported in The...
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01 Jun 2021
Government sets out requirements regarding first homes
Through a Written Ministerial Statement the Government has set out the requirements on local planning authorities to provide First Homes Concurrently, these were incorporated into amended National Planning Practice Guidance. ...
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01 Jun 2021
Rural economies boosted by new migration trends
Research published by Northumbria University is exploring how shifting work patterns and home-buying preferences are changing rural communities Analysis of data from the past decade shows that rural areas which...
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01 Jun 2021
Housing market: Are second home owners really pricing locals out?
The BBC reports that concerns regarding second homes in rural areas is growing, with the pandemic increasing tensions The report notes that second home owners have “long stood accused of...
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