Public attitudes towards the affordability of market housing [electronic resource]
Public attitudes towards the affordability of market housing [electronic resource]
- NHPAU 2008
- NHPAU Research Findings (3) .
Method -- Government housing targets -- House prices -- Affordability -- Government policies on affordability -- Access to home ownership -- Housing aspirations -- Satisfaction with current housing -- Housing costs -- The credit crunch -- Impact on the credit crunch on the mortgage markets -- Government measures to protect against credit crunch
Explores public opinion on the affordability of market housing. Main observations included: 65% of respondents believe that the Government target of 240,000 new homes a year are either too low or about right; despite falling house prices, the majority of respondents believe that this will not significantly improve affordability and that one third of aspiring home owners believe that they will never be able to afford to buy a home.
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England and Wales--1543-
333.33 $2 18
Method -- Government housing targets -- House prices -- Affordability -- Government policies on affordability -- Access to home ownership -- Housing aspirations -- Satisfaction with current housing -- Housing costs -- The credit crunch -- Impact on the credit crunch on the mortgage markets -- Government measures to protect against credit crunch
Explores public opinion on the affordability of market housing. Main observations included: 65% of respondents believe that the Government target of 240,000 new homes a year are either too low or about right; despite falling house prices, the majority of respondents believe that this will not significantly improve affordability and that one third of aspiring home owners believe that they will never be able to afford to buy a home.
Advanced
CREDIT CRUNCH
England and Wales--1543-
333.33 $2 18