Housing

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.

The second monthly wave of the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker in 2015 shows nearly two thirds of Britons (64%) expect the average UK property price to rise this year, up from 60% who said this in January 2015.

Immigration returns to its place as the most important issue facing Britain

The February Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows that the NHS remains the most important issue facing Britain; last month it became the issue of highest salience for the first time since April 2006.

The first wave of the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker in 2015 shows three in five Britons (60%) expect the average UK property price to rise this year, down from 67% who said this in December 2014.

New Ipsos research shows how important housing is as an electoral issue. So what next for policymakers?

For the first time since April 2006, the NHS is the most important issue facing Britain - mentioned by 45% of the public

Ipsos's Ben Marshall blogs on the challenges we still face in pushing the housing crisis to the top of the public and political agenda.

New research by Ipsos for the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has found that by three to one, the public and MPs agree rather than disagree that there is a housing crisis in Britain.