Battersea Power Station – is Britain capable of a regen sequel?
When the Australian politician John Howard was ousted (again) as leader of his party in the late…
Financialisation of housing
Last month, the current Housing Minister promised to halt the ‘financialisation of housing’ and end a…
Why London stopped building
Two weeks ago, London focused furniture company David Phillips went into administration. The business, roughly 25 years,…
Spending Review housing cash needs brownfield renaissance to succeed
A major shortage of housing is one of the country’s biggest blockers to growth, limiting people’s ability…
Hot, crowded and brimming with ideas: Day one of UKREiif
At points yesterday in the main conference zone at UKREiif it felt like you were in the midst of…
Growth, growth, growth
The Spring Statement is when boosterism has to confront cold reality for the housing sector. Maybe no help is…
An interest rate cut is welcome but is it enough
There was some cheer to be had out of another interest rate cut from the Bank of England last…
Building safety needs a rethink if we’re to crack housing delivery
The development and construction sector is experiencing major change as a consequence of stricter oversight to ensure safety and…
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…
