Economics

Everything you have always wanted to know about funding home building (but were afraid to ask)

The UK housing development sector is being decapitalized.  Evidence?  The thousands of homes in static consents across…

Make viability great again

There’s been a lot of chatter about planning reforms.  How effective they may or may not be…

We are in ICU and need emergency (planning) surgery

I have been reflecting on the recent propviews article which draws out the astonishing stat that…

35% of nothing

Last week, during an in-depth feature for Inside Housing, Deputy Mayor for Housing Tom Copley made the…

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…

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…