Latest survey shows decline in home ownership in England has halted

A decade long decline in home ownership in England has been halted with the latest figures showing that more than 14 million people owned their home in 2015. The data from the English Housing Survey reveals that out of the 22.5 million households in England in 2014 to 2015, the number of people owning their own home in the past year has remained static the first time this has happened since 2003. It also shows that more than half of local authority tenants and a third of housing association tena...