A very British fix
In the end it was the numbers wat won it. Following weeks of speculation and back and…
Make viability great again
There’s been a lot of chatter about planning reforms. How effective they may or may not be…
New Towns could be great, or could be housing’s HS2
Just over a week ago the Government published its blueprint for the next wave of New Towns. …
35% of nothing
Last week, during an in-depth feature for Inside Housing, Deputy Mayor for Housing Tom Copley made the…
Devolution deficits
The UK takes a long time to do anything. Local government watchers will know that successive administrations…
80% tax grab stopping fresh investment for London new homes
Housing numbers are plummeting across London. Little more than a year into the Starmer government and the…
Financialisation of housing
Last month, the current Housing Minister promised to halt the ‘financialisation of housing’ and end a…
Our cities need rental revolution to prosper
It was around 13 years ago I joined Essential Living at the inception of one of the…
Why London stopped building
Two weeks ago, London focused furniture company David Phillips went into administration. The business, roughly 25 years,…
Everything you have always wanted to know about property development (but were afraid to ask)
A widening gulf exists between the complexity and sophistication of the property development environment and some of…
