The Office for National Statistics have just released new data on house prices and rents. The information for Cornwall is set out below....

Previous blogs have outlined the objectives for land policy and the plethora of designations that exist  - based on landscape, habitat...

There are a number of typographies used to describe landscapes in Cornwall. There are two sources here – the Interactive map operated by...

Anyone reading a newspaper, listening or watching the news or looking at social media posts would assume that with the dominance of...

A few days ago, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, released a report ‘The Urgent Need to Build More Homes’.  As the title...

Land use – some thoughts (2)   Current situation The current situation is to say the least complex, with a plethora of designations....

Land use – some thoughts (1) Summary Land is an important resource – for food production, environmental services, landscape and community...

The Government announced new housing targets on July 30th 2024.  Overall the objective is for a total of 1.5 million over a four-year...

Why have we got a situation where governments promote policies, which are fundamentally incorrect? Policies, which will not work and...

It is quite common for commentators now to support a reduction in interest rates on the ground that this would result in lower mortgage...

There are different figures on the number of holiday lets in Cornwall. But what do we mean by holiday lets? A holiday let is a property...

The last post looked at the census 2021 figures and ONS estimates for dwellings on dwellings, tenure and what dwellings were used for....

Analysing data on housing tenure is problematical for a number of reasons. As is often the case there are issues about the data.   An...

Private rents house prices and earnings at the local authority level Previous blogs have concentrated on either data across England or...

Previous blogs have looked at the two definitions of vacant properties and outlined those with the highest share not captured by the...

Background In discussions about the number of properties that are available and as it were unused, the number of vacant dwellings is...

In discussions about the number of properties that are available and as it were unused, the number of vacant dwellings is often cited....

The supporters of the ‘we must build more houses’ approach think they have the answer to housing problems. It’s so simple; you just...

On May 22nd, the Office for National Statistics released the latest bulletin on private rent and house prices. Details on rents below....

A view - not of the Austrian alps! Some of the ‘we must build more houses’ supporters cite Austria as an example of where lots of...