In June, the UK property industry received its fourth Housing Minister since the start of 2008 - the ninth person to hold the position in twelve years of Labour Government.
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The pensions crisis is boosting interest in the buy-to-let market with investors opting to put their money into homes.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has said that many landlords are viewing their rental properties as being a significant part of their pension plan.
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The latest Hometrack survey of the national housing market shows average house prices unchanged over the month of November.
It is the first time in 16 months that the survey of 7,500 agents across over 2,200 postcode districts has recorded anything other than a fall in average prices.
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Halifax has found that council tax bills have risen faster than average in areas with the most pensioners.
Since 1993/94, the average council tax bill per dwelling for all households in the 20 English Local Authorities (LAs) with the highest proportion of pensioners has increased by 149%, compared with a 121% rise in the overall average bill over this period. Chichester recorded the fastest increase, up 173% from £456 to £1,244.
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A lack of land and planning laws are causing rural social housing shortages and increased homelessness.
The National Housing Federation has told the government’s Affordable Rural Housing Commission that the rural situation has now become critical.
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