What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain's housing crisis
Hilber, C. A. L.
& Mense, A.
(15 December 2025)
What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain's housing crisis.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
& Mense, A.
(15 December 2025)
What the price-to-rent ratio reveals about Britain's housing crisis.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
The consensus that Britain’s housing crisis stems from the lack of enough houses being built has received intense criticism lately. Christian Hilber and Andreas Mense analyse the price-to-rent ratio of UK homes and argue that the critiques of the “supply shortage” theory of housing are wrong.