Housing

This month's Economist / Ipsos Issues Index charts the continued rise in concern about the European union (EU) as an issue facing Britain.

Expectations of future house prices have fallen over the past quarter and are down to their lowest point since January 2015, according to the latest quarterly Halifax Market Confidence Tracker conducted by Ipsos.

An Ipsos poll commissioned by the National Self and Custom Build Association (NaCSBA) finds that one in eight (12%) Britons expect to research or plan how to build a home for themselves in the next 12 months.

The March 2016 Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows the prominence of the European Union as an issue continuing to increase, with 23% now mentioning it as one of the most important issues facing Britain. Meanwhile, concern with crime has fallen to a 25-year low.

Ben Marshall blogs for Chartered Institute of Housing as they celebrate their centenary year.

New research by Ipsos for Shelter finds 74% of people in younger Generations X and Y of the view that it is harder for them to get a home to settle down in than it was for their parents' generation.

New Ipsos analysis of the British Social Attitudes survey shows that the proportion of Generation Y who own their own home is significantly smaller than the proportion of Generation X homeowners when that generation was of a similar age.

The February 2016 Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows that, following the recent EU renegotiation and announcement of the referendum date, a fifth (20%) of the British public mention the EU amongst the most important issues facing Britain

In December last year the public thought, on average, that there had been a 1% rise in the average national house price between October 2014 and October 2015, compared to the reality of 10%