Britain’s property market

£200bn worth of empty homes sat vacant across Britain’s property market

Research by Barrows and Forrester has found that despite a house price boom driven by heightened buyer demand and a lack of available stock, there is an estimated £200bn worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1% on the previous year alone.

Barrows and Forrester analysed government data on the number of vacant dwellings across each area of the property...