Press releases
Our archive of press releases. For media enquiries please email paula@hoa.org.uk
The latest press releases from the HomeOwners Alliance:
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January 17, 2021
How our homes are key to our happiness
As we start a new year, we look back to our research and TV presenter Georgina Burnett's own experience on how transforming her home helped her overcome post-natal depression.
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June 4, 2020
Lockdown lesson for government: 71% want local green spaces enhanced
As lockdown in England eases and many venture out into their local green spaces, new research has found 71% of people think their local green spaces.
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June 2, 2020
Homebuyers and sellers at risk of fraud by focussing on the wrong things
Why we need to be more alert to conveyancing fraud
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May 5, 2020
12.5 million households regret things about their home
Nearly half of households have things they regret about their home
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April 30, 2020
Homeowners and renters feeling strain of lockdown
Over 1 million worried about paying their mortgage; further 1.4 million feeling the strain and 1.8 million not moving because of the pandemic.
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March 4, 2020
Homes on colourful streets worth thousands more
New research from HomeOwners Alliance and Brewers Decorator Centres has found homes on vividly painted roads can be worth an average of 20% more than plain properties close by.
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February 14, 2020
The secret to selling your house for the asking price…
Recent data shows homes could lose thousands in value after weeks on the market - and highlights the date by which you'll want to have secured a sale.
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May 4, 2019
A third of us pay cash to avoid VAT to afford home improvements
Home improvements are expensive. But add on VAT at 20% and you can see why our HomeOwners Survey reveals homeowners either deterred from doing home improvements at all, or forced to pay cash to afford it
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April 25, 2019
Family wait a year for over 100 snags to be put right in their new home
As homeowners continue to suffer from poor quality new builds across the UK, we look at recent TV coverage for one of our members
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April 5, 2019
“House builders won’t deliver quality unless we hold back cash”
That's what almost 9 in 10 (88%) of new build homeowners and three-quarters (76%) of UK adults are saying according to our latest study to measure support for the introduction of a ‘snagging retention’ system - where buyers withhold funds to house builders until they rectify any faults.