Housing

Confidence in the UK housing market remains strong, according to the latest quarterly Halifax Market Confidence Tracker (HMCT), and comes against a backdrop of cooling confidence in the wider economy.

The table and chart shows Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our 2015 Issues Index surveys

The December Issues Index shows that concern about the combined issue of defence, terrorism and foreign affairs has increased by 29 percentage points since November, and is now the most important issue concerning the public, mentioned by two fifths (42%).

The November Issues index, conducted prior to the terrorist attacks in Paris, shows that immigration remains the most important issue facing Britain in the eyes of the public. It is mentioned, unprompted, by half (49%) of the British public, indeed for three in ten (31%) it is the single most important issue.

Victoria Harkness blogs in The MJ on the possible reasons why housing is the top issue of concern for Londoners according to our research for London Councils. 

Housing as an issue of concern to Britons is rising to new heights on the list of voter concerns, writes Ben Page in the Independent.

The October Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows that, as has been the case since August, over half (52%) of the public mention immigration as among the most important issues facing Britain.

Housing is set to be the battleground as Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith compete to see who can call City Hall "home" in 2016, writes Ben Marshall in the New Statesman.

Housing is now the number one `top of mind' issue for Londoners, a poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of London Councils has found.