No budget bonanza for housing means material planning reforms are coming
Last month’s budget confirmed what many of us in the UK development and construction most feared. There isn’t much…
Have we reached the bottom of the land market?
With inflation falling below the UK target to 1.7% the question inevitably arises, are we at the bottom of…
London land market stand off must not become a UK one
A year ago, propviews posted on the London land market stand off – what’s going to give. We…
Westferry reboot and Anglia Square relaunch demonstrate more stable trading conditions ahead
Perhaps a signal the UK development sector is starting to turn a corner is when some of the totemic…
Rent control is not an answer to London’s constrained housing supply
I attended the Centre for London Housing summit last Wednesday. It was a good conference where London’s public estate…
Migration Advisory Committee offers certainty to UK development sector
Sensible assessments by authoritative third-party bodies are fundamental to the UK development sector’s ability to plan and invest.
9 in 10 Londoners worried about mortgages
It will be patently obvious to all that the recent rises in the cost of living will have exacerbated…
London Land Market Stand Off: What’s going to give?
Brownfield London land is a case study of economic distress. Transactions are down 90% in the last year. There’s…
The UK is a poor country masquerading as a rich one
The UK is a poor country masquerading as a rich one. Anyone who read the FT…
Britain’s inflationary story won’t finish until we fix housing
At long last it seems as if the inflationary wave might be receding. Back-to-back drops over the past…
