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LREF more theory than practice in challenging times for London

By Nick Cuff | September 16, 2026

There are several things that become very obvious very quickly at events like the London Real Estate Forum. The first is that over the trauma of the last few years, […]

Public sector building homes? It needs to be commercial, but for a social purpose

By Michael Holland | September 14, 2026
The Reset London Needs: Borough Triangle and the Limits of the Brownfield Emergency

By Nick Cuff | September 11, 2026
Bad news now, better councils later as Rayner halts reorganisation

By Duncan Flynn | September 10, 2026
Policies change, but what happens when the instinct to stop becomes embedded?

By Gordon Adams | September 7, 2026
Reform’s ‘Planning Teal Paper’: Is national politics finally shifting to pro supply?

By Nick Cuff | September 4, 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

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
Draft London Plan 2026: Viability Heads or Tails

By Nick Cuff | August 12, 2026
Can the state learn to build again?

By Hugo Owen | August 10, 2026
Honey Monster: A tale of London’s lost housing supply

By Nick Cuff | July 31, 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

Public sector building homes? It needs to be commercial, but for a social purpose
The Reset London Needs: Borough Triangle and the Limits of the Brownfield Emergency
Why sensible housing reforms often stall, and how to unlock them
Small sites: Who decides, who bears it?
Honey Monster: A tale of London’s lost housing supply
Why asking permission to build costs twenty times more in Croydon than in Westminster

Housing Afforability

Promising signs from Whitehall for first time buyers
It takes a decade: How London broke its housing market
Five ideas to help supply for first-time buyers and renters in our cities
Why “Making Social Rent Homes Viable” Is a Breakthrough — and Still a Reality Check
Key Worker Living Rent: Right Fight, Wrong Time?
London Calling

Politics of Housing

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
Can the state learn to build again?
Promising signs from Whitehall for first time buyers

Housing affordability

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
Policies change, but what happens when the instinct to stop becomes embedded?

By Gordon Adams | September 7, 2026
Welcome to a new look Prop Views

By Nick Cuff | September 3, 2026

Policies change, but what happens when the instinct to stop becomes embedded?

By Gordon Adams | September 7, 2026

Housing delivery

Time for a outward facing RIBA

By Jay Morton | June 22, 2026

Public sector building homes? It needs to be commercial, but for a social purpose

By Michael Holland | September 14, 2026
The Reset London Needs: Borough Triangle and the Limits of the Brownfield Emergency

By Nick Cuff | September 11, 2026
Why sensible housing reforms often stall, and how to unlock them

By Jack Airey | August 23, 2026
Small sites: Who decides, who bears it?

By Abre Etteh | August 17, 2026
Honey Monster: A tale of London’s lost housing supply

By Nick Cuff | July 31, 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

Public sector building homes? It needs to be commercial, but for a social purpose

By Michael Holland | September 14, 2026
The Reset London Needs: Borough Triangle and the Limits of the Brownfield Emergency

By Nick Cuff | September 11, 2026
Bad news now, better councils later as Rayner halts reorganisation

By Duncan Flynn | September 10, 2026
Policies change, but what happens when the instinct to stop becomes embedded?

By Gordon Adams | September 7, 2026

Planning reform

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

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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