High house prices - dwellings as assets and the effect of low interest rates!
The dominant discourse on housing is that the various facets of the housing crisis – high prices, lower home ownership etc is due to a...
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ALTERNATIVE CORNWALL -AN ANALYSIS
rpwills
- Mar 13
- 6 min
House prices, affordability and housing problems - it’s a supply problem, stupid!
Summary A lack of supply is the root of all evil in the housing world according to the dominant housing discourse. Consequently the...
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rpwills
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Biodiversity net gain – what is it and is it a sensible policy?
From 12 February 2024 a change to the planning system requires that most planning permissions will have to deliver a 10% biodiversity net...
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rpwills
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Cornwall's short-term lettings boom!
On March 4th the ONS released a statistical bulletin on short-term lets for the July-September quarter. This provides data on those...
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rpwills
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Dwellings and households in Europe – some comparisons
In February 2024 the Centre for Cities published a report stating that the UK had a backlog of 4.3 million homes. Since publication the...
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rpwills
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Household housing costs - an insight from the ONS
1 . Main points Overall, UK household costs, as measured by the Household Costs Index (HCI), rose 5.0% in the year to December 2023, down...
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rpwills
- Feb 27
- 5 min
The Competition and Markets Authority and the housing market – a flawed assessment
Summary The Competition and Markets Authority has published a report on the housebuilding market in Great Britain. The main points are...
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rpwills
- Feb 15
- 4 min
France - tant de logements vacants France - so many vacant dwellings!
Summary Some supporters of the ‘we must build more houses’ consider that England should emulate France in increasing the house building...
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rpwills
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Unoccupied dwellings – Cornwall’s hotspots
A view over Portreath Much is made by ‘build more houses’ supporters of a lack of housing. Oddly enough though they fail to mention the...
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rpwills
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Output per worker - sectors compared in Cornwall
Cornwalls most productive sectors - or are they? Using output data from ONS and workforce data from the 2021 census, it is possible to...
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rpwills
- Dec 29, 2023
- 1 min
How much is the Cornish economy worth? Output 2021
Output, the value of goods and services is either measured using Gross Value Added (GVA) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This article...
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rpwills
- Dec 27, 2023
- 2 min
Migration in Cornwall – an analysis by occupational group
Summary Data from the 2021 census shows that a higher proportion of people moving to Cornwall (51.5%) are in the top occupational groups...
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rpwills
- Nov 10, 2023
- 1 min
Empty and second homes - Cornwall compared
Using the 2022 Council tax base figures it is possible to compare the share of empty and second homes in Cornwall with the English...
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rpwills
- Nov 7, 2023
- 2 min
Vacant, empty, holiday homes and lets in Cornwall
How many empty homes are there in Cornwall and why are they empty. By empty we mean those which are empty in the true sense of the word...
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rpwills
- Oct 24, 2023
- 1 min
Private rented homes in Cornwall - not necessarily for residential use!
Using figures from the 2021 census and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), gives a total of 60,000 rented properties in Cornwall. But of...
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rpwills
- Oct 24, 2023
- 4 min
Housing need – what is it and what should we include?
Assessing what the level of housing need there is, is fraught with issues of definition and measurement. But there are data sets...
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rpwills
- Oct 10, 2023
- 2 min
4.6%, 5.5%, 6.9% or 11.6% - take your pick! How much of Cornwall is developed?
There are various figures being quoted as to how much of the Cornish land area is developed or built on. The CEO of Coastline housing in...
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rpwills
- Sep 27, 2023
- 2 min
The housing crisis – myths, legends and sound bites
The term ‘housing crisis’ is bandied around in the media by politicians, commentators and people on X (formerly known as Twitter). It’s...
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rpwills
- Sep 22, 2023
- 1 min
For every one hectare devoted to housing you need to develop another nine hectares!
Analysis of the land use data provides an insight into the relationship between the residential building area and the total developed...
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rpwills
- Sep 19, 2023
- 2 min
Inequality in garden space in Cornwall
The ratio between land occupied by residential buildings and the land used as gardens varies across Cornwall. On average the figure is...
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