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Research

Council of Mortgage Lenders
Housing and Mortgage Update Factsheets:-

UK            Scotland            Wales            Northern Ireland

Council of Mortgage Lenders
First Time Buyers' affordability in Northern Ireland 2004

Office of Fair Trading
Statement of scope for market study into Home Buying and Selling February 09

National Bureau of Economic Research
Housing Price Volatility and Downsizing in Later Life

Communities
Main reason for moving by type of move

Type of purchase by household type

Nationwide
High performing primary schools add value to property prices

HSBC
First Time Buyers Sleepwalking into Property Problems

Second-time buyers facing £11,000 move gap

Cost of housing a second child is £60,000

Building Societies Association
Property Tracker: Most young people aspire to buy
own home by age 30

Savills
(You may need to register for research)
Prime London Residential Markets (Jan 2012)

Spotlight: Where Best to Develop and Invest in Residential Property (Spring 2012)

Residential Property Focus Q1 2012 - A market built on equity

Spotlight on Residential Investment

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Conferences/Seminars

First Time Buyer Home Show  - 28th April 2012

Council of Mortgage Lenders
Mortgage Lending and Affordable Housing Conference - 15th May 2012

Chartered Institute of Housing
Housing 2012 Conference & Exhibition - 12th - 14th June 2012

RESI Conference
Partnerships for the Future - 13th-14th September 2012

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Reviews

Capital Economics
UK Housing Market Update

Savills
(You may need to register for research)
Spotlight - The World in New London - The amount
of international equity flowing into Prime London's
newly built market continues to increase, with
UK buyers a minority (Feb 2012)

Prime Central London Residential Spotlight -
Six Years of Volatility 2005-2011

Financial Services Authority
FSA puts common sense at the heart of mortgage
lending

Mortgage Market Review 2011: Proposed package
of reforms

RBS
Revealed: Locations where smart Brits can live
the good life without breaking the bank

Private Banking
Affordable Affluence Index August 2007

Halifax
First-time buyer affordability at 8 year high

Housing and Mortgage Affordability Data Q4 2011

Housing and Mortgage Affordability Data Q1 2011

Mouseprice
Most affordable street rankings 2011

Council of Mortgage Lenders
First-time buyers begin to take advantage of last
months of stamp duty concession

Scottish first-time buyers spend less on monthly
mortgage payments than rest of UK

2011 market for first-time buyers in Wales more
positive than UK as whole

Increase in house purchase loans for only
Northern Ireland at end of 2011

Will the real first-time buyers please stand up?

Understanding first-time buyers

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Shared ownership and shared equity: reducing
the risks of home-ownership?

Young people and housing in 2020: identifying
key drivers for change

Can equity release help older home-owners
improve their quality of life?

Movement of households in shared-ownership
housing in the UK

Local affordability issues for working households
buying their first home

Tackling housing market volatility in the UK

Knight Frank/Markit
House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) Feb 2012

Government Consultation Papers

Open Consultations
None

Closed Consultations/Results
Leasehold Valuation Limits

Park Homes Site Licensing Reform: The way
forward and next steps

Further consultation on termination provisions
in the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (as amended):
Government response

Shared ownership and leasehold
enfranchisement and designation of protected
areas consultation - Government response to
consultation

Consultation on right to manage company
articles: Summary of responses

Improving consumer information in
the Home Information Pack - Summary of responses

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Presentations

Designs on Property
Is now the right time to buy? A Consumer Perspective

Consumers and Conveyancing

When's the right time to sell and buy a home?

Specialist Databases

Land Registry

Vizzi Homes

For Sale Sign Analysis

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Industry Magazines, Journals, Blogs & Forums

RICS - Exchanged Magazine - The defininitve guide to moving home

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