News – February 2013

House building hits record low 
21 Feb 2013
House building figures released today show an 11% decrease in the number of new homes started in the last year, to 98,280.

Two million couples living together too soon 
14 Feb 2013
High cost of housing forces Britons to move in together sooner than planned.
Shelter reveals unaffordable housing costs 
07 Feb 2013
If the cost of food had risen in line with house prices over the last 40 years, the average family’s weekly shop would cost £453, Shelter’s research shows.