Housing

Ben Marshall, Director of Ipsos gives us the public’s perspective on the importance of design in his latest blog for Shelter.

By a margin of more than four to one the British public say that in principle they support the building of local new homes in the future on brownfield land, but levels of support vary sharply according to the potential design of those homes.

The fourth monthly wave of the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker in 2015 shows that two thirds of Britons (63%) expect a rise in the average UK property price over the next year, significantly lower than the 67% who said this in March 2015.

The May Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows a largely unchanged picture since last month - with the top four issues facing Britain appearing in the same order of priority as April

All change at the top as key concern about the NHS and the economy - key battleground issues - surges prior to the election in the April 2015 Economist/Ipsos Issues Index.

Sara Davidson from Ipsos Scotland writes for Scottish Policy Now on our recent work in Glasgow confirming that having a job is no longer a guarantee of avoiding poverty.

The third monthly wave of the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker in 2015 shows that two thirds of Britons (67%) expect the average UK property price to rise this year, up slightly from 64% who said this in February 2015.

A majority of the public say they support the next Government borrowing money to fund the building of more affordable housing for people to buy or rent in England, according to a new poll by Ipsos for the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).

A new survey by Ipsos published today by Inside Housing ahead of the general election has found 79% of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in marginal constituencies agree that there is a housing crisis in Britain.