A planning proposal in Malpas has generated controversy. The application is for 8 dwellings by Stephens and Stephens in an old quarry. ...

Ian Mulheirn has tweeted about the situation in Germany regarding their housing policy.They are in a similar situation to England, they...

Much is made of the total of 2,700 dwellings built each year in Cornwall.Those who (incorrectly) think that this means the housing...

Female participation rates in the UK workforce have increased over time. In 1971 the UK figure was 52.7% [male 91.7%], by 2023 the...

A good explanation of why house prices are so high from Paul Claireaux on Twitter. In essence if central banks keep interest rates close...

The freeze on fuel duty since 2011 may well be welcome news to many car drivers but there are costs. The effect of the freeze has been to...

Comparing the data from the Council Tax Base (CTB) showing the number of properties eligible for council tax with the number of completed...

There is according to many commentators, government, the media, housing organisations and various think tanks, a need to build 300,000...

An alleged cause of the housing crisis is a lack of supply which is sometimes blamed on developers ‘land banking’. Is there anything in...

One area where individuals are encouraged to make a change in their lifestyle to cut carbon equivalent emissions is that of cutting out...

Latest house price data shows that in March, the average price of a house sold in Cornwall was £316,835, this compares to a figure of...

Ian Mulheirn has commented on the latest private rentals data. He states "Not much relief from rising rents in today's ONS release. ...

s mortgage rates have increased there have also been rises in rents. It is usually asserted that rents have risen to reflect increasing...

A degree of confusion may have crept into the second/holiday homes discussion. The ONS have released data from the 2021 census with a...

With interest rates continuing to increase and with the expectation that further rises are on the way, the costs of mortgages is also...

A dispute has flared up in Portreath where the Parish council has put forward proposals for housing on a site which a local group claims...

At yesterdays Treasury Select committee meeting, David Willetts asserted that the fall in home ownership amongst the young was due to a...

Lets define what we mean by leisure homes – we can include second homes which are used by households for their own leisure use and then...

With the continuing work on constructing a new wider and bigger A30 road between Chiverton cross and Carland cross, what is missing is a...

"Labour is planning to give local officials sweeping new powers to buy land cheaply and develop on it, as part of the party’s new...