Homes

Fact checks related to house prices, the number of new homes built, landlords and private renting

23 November 2016

Saving up for stamp duty

69% of potential first-time homebuyers who responded to an online poll said that raising the money for costs like stamp duty would be ‘difficult’

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22 November 2016

Does the UK have the highest rate of property tax in the world?

It’s true that the UK government takes a higher proportion of GDP and a higher proportion of tax revenue in property taxes than any other developed country. It's not clear …

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2 November 2016

Spending on Housing Benefit

We examine the exchange between the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition over the Housing Benefit bill.

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29 September 2016

House building: at its lowest level since the 1920s?

We’ve looked into claims made by Jeremy Corbyn in his speech at the Labour party conference.

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21 September 2016

Right to Buy on target, but one in six sold off is replaced

Prime Minister's Questions 7 September 2016: Right to Buy on target, but one in six sold off is replaced

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7 September 2016

£9 billion in housing benefit to private landlords

“Devastating figures released over this summer show that £9.3 billion of public money is paid through housing benefit directly into the pockets of private landlords.” Jeremy Corbyn, 7 September 2016 …

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31 August 2016

Help to Buy ISAs: do they work and were they mis-sold?

The Treasury hasn’t backtracked on Help to Buy ISAs, and they don’t just help people who already have the money to buy a house, contrary to some reports.

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12 August 2016

It's harder for young people to own their own home

The Prime Minister says that young people are finding it harder to buy homes. All the evidence we've seen bears that out.

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13 July 2016

Housing, zero hours contracts, and NHS funding: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions

We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on homelessness, first-time buyers, zero hours contracts, and NHS funding.

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25 September 2015

How large is the housing gap?

Housing was first up in Jeremy Corbyn's debut Prime Minister's Questions, where he claimed there was a housing gap of around 100,000.

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