Working Paper 72: an economic analysis of London’s housing market

Through reading this publication you will:

• Gain an understanding of how house prices are set in economics terms, how they are measured, and why the cost of housing matters for London’s economy and its residents.
• See whether incomes and earnings in London have kept pace with the costs of home ownership in London, and see how affordability may be affected by future changes in interest rates.
• Find out about the drivers of demand for residential property in London, and how the supply of homes has responded to changing conditions.

Underlying data to accompany this paper is published on the London Datastore.