The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has come to an end. More commonly known simply as ‘furlough’, it has helped pay wages for more than eleven and a half million people since Covid-19 first landed.
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September’s cabinet shake-up saw a changing of the guard at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Robert Jenrick is out, and Michael Gove is in.
Along with a new boss, the department has also got a snappy new name, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). But what might Michael Gove bring to his new role, and what challenges will he need to get to grips with?
Recent research from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has suggested that tenant demand for rental properties in England and Wales is the highest it's been for five years.
One of the most achingly hip trends of the past decade or so has been the ‘Tiny House Movement’. It’s just about the most Instagram-friendly housing fad out there, in part because these compact properties look really good in tiny square windows on a phone screen.
The English Housing Survey has been running since 1967. It's an ongoing national survey that measures people's housing circumstances and how satisfied they are with them, along with the actual details and quality of the nation's housing. Properties and participants are chosen at random, and the research includes both questionnaires and physical inspections of some of the properties.
The Halifax House Price Index for June 2021 has suggested that house prices were down 0.5% on May, prompting some commentators to wonder if this heralds a slowdown in the UK’s frantic housing market. If so, could this be due to the fact that the government’s Stamp Duty holiday is beginning to taper off, and can we expect to see house prices fall further over the coming months?