Press Releases

Our archive of press releases. For media enquiries please email paula@hoa.org.uk

UK homeownership slumps to lowest level in 24 years, and the South West suffers severe drops since 2001

The dream of homeownership is dying in Britain, undoing a century of social progress, according to a report by the HomeOwners Alliance, a new organisation championing those who own and want to own their own home

UK homeownership slumps to lowest level in 24 years, the West Midlands suffers rapid falls in since 2005

House price watch

Average house price in the UK: £270,000

+0.2% from the previous month.

Data: Aug’25

View house price report

Latest News

Ideal Home Show free tickets 2025

July 29, 2025

Cake and Bake Show Free Tickets

July 29, 2025

Helping Hand mortgage boost for first time buyers

July 16, 2025

First time buyers and retirees could benefit from possible FCA mortgage rules changes

June 26, 2025

View all news articles

Be the first to hear about free ticket offers by signing up to our weekly newsletter

Read our privacy policy

Name	Provider	Description	Expiration
PHPSESSID	hoa.org.uk	Essential for website to function properly	When the browsing session ends
hoa_newsletter_pop	hoa.org.uk	Ensures that the newsletter signup popup is only displayed once to a visitor, and isn't displayed on every page load	7 days
newsletterpage2	hoa.org.uk	Delays the display of the newsletter signup popup until the user is on their second page view	1 hour
reviewPop	hoa.org.uk	Ensures that the reviews pop is only displayed once to a visitor	24 hours
Local Storage (not a cookie)	youtube-nocookie.com	YouTube tracking cookie that is only set when a video is played on our site	n/a
moove_gdpr_popup	hoa.org.uk	Saves your preferences for cookie settings	365 days
ai_session	www.landc.co.uk	Preserves users states across page requests	30 minutes
ai_user	www.landc.co.uk	Used by Microsoft Application Insights software to collect statistical usage and telemetry information. The cookie stores a unique identifier to recognize users on returning visits over time	24 hours
Local Storage (not a cookie)	https://www.landc.co.uk	Enables the L&C comparison tools to function correctly	n/a
ARRAffinitySameSite	white.reallymoving.com	Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times	When the browsing session ends
ASP.NET_SessionId	white.reallymoving.com	Preserves the visitor’s session state across page requests	When the browsing session ends
__cf_bm	checkatrade.com	To allow users to search the Checkatrade search widget	30 minutes

Name	Provider	Description	Expiration
_ga	hoa.org.uk	This is a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses their website	48 hours
_ga_X2LEWPWZEG	hoa.org.uk	Required for Google Analytics to be able to collect anonymous data	48 hours
_gid	hoa.org.uk	This is a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses their website	24 hours
_gat_UA-32915409-1	hoa.org.uk	Required for Google Analytics to be able to collect anonymous data	90 days