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Below is a selection of articles and other ideas to further housing market research - please contact us if you would like anything added or have any comments. Looking at the nature of future housing demand using household projections Arguably one of the major mistakes in housing provision over recent years has been the overshoot in new supply of smaller flats and apartments...But a closer look at the more detailed household projections by age and household type shows that most smaller, one person households are actually older, and are more likely to be ‘empty nesters’ of various sorts... When thinking about ICT, most local authorities tend to concentrate on how it can be used to improve their services and communication with the public and internally; but there is another aspect that can potentially lead to substantial benefits. This is the use of data within operational systems...Local authorities, amongst other large organisations, have been described as ‘data rich, information poor’... Better use of housing as people live longer This is one factor in changing demand for which trends are clear, as life expectancy increases, although it might be considered that this cannot continue in the same way indefinitely. However, one of the key reasons given by the government for shortage of supply compared to demand is that:- “ We have an ageing and growing population which the housing market has failed to respond to”... Estimating incomes is a perennial problem for many social researchers, and surveys and incomes data can be expensive and take considerable resources to commission and manage. But maybe there is now a possibility that generally available free data sources could be used for the construction of a model giving both averages and profiles at a detailed spatial levels... Intermediate Housing - alternative products and approaches Intermediate housing and shared ownership is not working so well, despite all the analysis and ratios of incomes and house prices saying it ought to...A possible alternative, which addresses different problems and pinch points within the housing market in a more joined up way, could be Save to buy rentals... Using Council Tax data extraction for mapping migration patterns (1.4MB) Local authority operational databases can be a rich source of useful information to help develop housing strategy, as they hold data on specific changes and transactions for large proportions of local populations and households... Land Economy: How a rethink of our planning policy will benefit Britain (Mischa Balen, Adam Smith Institute, London 2006, www.adamsmith.org ) Identifying Submarkets at the Sub-Regional Level in England
(research by the Lost in Neverland (Penny Anderson, The Guardian, Wednesday 19 December 2007) An article about the life of urban private renters from the author of the excellent blog RenterGirl.
Don't
Bet the House on It: No turning back to housing boom and bust (Toby
Lloyd, Compass: Direction for the Democratic Left). "This latest Compass
publication ...is an essential overview of the current state of housing in
the UK. As well as presenting a clear and comprehensive picture of how and
why the housing system has failed us, the report provides an easily
approachable discussion of the measures needed to get out of this mess and
create an equitable, sustainable housing system that delivers the quality
homes we all need at fair prices." |
