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…
Banks, real estate and clueless policy makers
J P Morgan’s announcement it had acquired First Republic Bank on Monday this week didn’t make much in the…
If we want more homes we need to simplify viability testing
For those returning from MIPIM, a blog on development viability testing may not be considered conducive to recovery. However, it…
Middle market crunch
We’re now in a binary residential market. The industry can either build for the rich or it can build…
Gove’s Levelling Up requires smart thinking and planning change
The Levelling Up White Paper is starting to sink in and for many it is still perceived to be…
