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Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research

 

The main purpose of this research was to analyse the impact of the recent housing market turbulence on the affordability of and demand for Low Cost Home Ownership products, and to explore the risks that this might present to social housing providers.

The Northern Rock crisis highlighted the vulnerability of the market to the problems caused by sub-prime lending. One effect was a slowdown in mortgage lending, and unwillingness to lend to more marginal borrowers. The recent falls in property prices, and predictions of further market turbulence have also created uncertainty in the housing market, for both buyers and lenders; first-time-buyers in particular entered the market in lower numbers towards the end of 2007 than at any time in the last 16 years. 

This study explores the impact of the recent housing market turbulence on the affordability of and demand for LCHO products, such as the HomeBuy suite, and the risks that this might present to social housing providers.

Low Cost Home Ownership: affordability, risks and issues, Report

The Housing Corporation commissioned the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR) to explore the impact of the credit crunch and housing market turbulence on Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO).

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Funder

Tenant Services Authority

Project Start Date

1st June 2008

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