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Housing numbers in free fall as another major London regeneration plan collapses

By Nick Cuff | October 22, 2026

Major property investor Land Securities has pulled out of the Lewisham town centre redevelopment. PropViews understands that at least three more major regeneration proposals are likely to be halted within […]

Parkhurst Part 4: Beyond the enforcement culture, who wins and who loses?

By Nick Cuff | October 20, 2026
Burnham is playing chicken with young people’s future

By Tom Spencer | October 19, 2026
Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply

By Philip Barnes FRTPI, FRICS | October 14, 2026
Ten difficult days for London but green shoots are there

By Nick Cuff | October 13, 2026
The quiet road: what Japan gets right about the car

By Gordon Adams | October 12, 2026

Real estate careers

Time for a outward facing RIBA
Ten Years of Simonicity — and Three Big Themes for the Next Ten
The Estate Agency Reckoning: Why the Black Book Is No Longer Enough
UKREiiF – Key Takeways Day 2
Back to Leeds: The Scorecard
Can developers use ai to get rid of architects…?

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Development Viability

Housing numbers in free fall as another major London regeneration plan collapses

By Nick Cuff | October 22, 2026

Parkhurst Part 4: Beyond the enforcement culture, who wins and who loses?

By Nick Cuff | October 20, 2026
Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply

By Philip Barnes FRTPI, FRICS | October 14, 2026
Fund it or free it: We must do better on small sites and SMEs

By Nick Cuff | August 19, 2026
New NPPF gets some calls right — But ducks the one that would have helped SMEs most

By Nick Cuff | August 18, 2026
Draft London Plan: Serious implications for plan making lie ahead

By Philip Barnes FRTPI, FRICS | August 14, 2026

Real estate careers

Ten Years of Simonicity — and Three Big Themes for the Next Ten
The Estate Agency Reckoning: Why the Black Book Is No Longer Enough
UKREiiF – Key Takeways Day 2
Back to Leeds: The Scorecard
Can developers use ai to get rid of architects…?
Lets release our talented planners from information overload

Housing Delivery

Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply
Ten difficult days for London but green shoots are there
Another major goes down as London planning system feels intense strain
Why we need more Wembleys
What Burnham must change in Whitehall and town halls to get Councils building
What Manchester Gets About Housing That London Has Forgotten

Housing Afforability

Burnham is playing chicken with young people’s future
Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply
Your First Home: Welcome, But Does It Do Enough?
What Manchester Gets About Housing That London Has Forgotten
Fund it or free it: We must do better on small sites and SMEs
Promising signs from Whitehall for first time buyers

Politics of Housing

From LREF to Liverpool
LREF more theory than practice in challenging times for London
Bad news now, better councils later as Rayner halts reorganisation
Policies change, but what happens when the instinct to stop becomes embedded?
Welcome to a new look Prop Views
Islington Council and the settled traveler row

Housing affordability

Conservative Conference ’26 – Housing delivery focus returns finally

By Nick Cuff | October 5, 2026

From LREF to Liverpool

By Jay Morton | October 2, 2026
LREF more theory than practice in challenging times for London

By Nick Cuff | September 16, 2026
Bad news now, better councils later as Rayner halts reorganisation

By Duncan Flynn | September 10, 2026

Ten difficult days for London but green shoots are there

By Nick Cuff | October 13, 2026

Housing delivery

Time for a outward facing RIBA

By Jay Morton | June 22, 2026

Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply

By Philip Barnes FRTPI, FRICS | October 14, 2026
Ten difficult days for London but green shoots are there

By Nick Cuff | October 13, 2026
Another major goes down as London planning system feels intense strain

By Nick Cuff | October 7, 2026
Why we need more Wembleys

By Will Grant | October 1, 2026
What Burnham must change in Whitehall and town halls to get Councils building

By Pat Hayes | September 24, 2026

Housing innovation

LREF more theory than practice in challenging times for London

By Nick Cuff | September 16, 2026

LREF more theory than practice in challenging times for London

Parkhurst Part 4: Beyond the enforcement culture, who wins and who loses?

By Nick Cuff | October 20, 2026
Burnham is playing chicken with young people’s future

By Tom Spencer | October 19, 2026
Your First Home – why demand support should super size supply

By Philip Barnes FRTPI, FRICS | October 14, 2026
Ten difficult days for London but green shoots are there

By Nick Cuff | October 13, 2026

Planning reform

Conservative Conference ’26 – Housing delivery focus returns finally

By Nick Cuff | October 5, 2026

From LREF to Liverpool

By Jay Morton | October 2, 2026

Welcome to a new look Prop Views

By Nick Cuff | September 3, 2026
Islington Council and the settled traveler row

By Andrew Teacher | August 25, 2026
Why sensible housing reforms often stall, and how to unlock them

By Jack Airey | August 23, 2026

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