Housing Market

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to commission research on the potential impact of the (a) second homes and (b) higher empty homes premium on (i) house prices, (ii) housing markets,

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1. 17 April 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to commission research on the potential impact of the (a) second homes and (b) higher empty homes premium on (i) house prices, (ii) housing markets,

   Source: Commons

2. 28 April 2025

   Answer

   It is for councils to decide whether it is appropriate or effective to use the premium. The government collects data on the use of premiums and the number of empty and second homes, which is published in the government’s council taxbase statistics. Howeve...

   Source: Written answer

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