The problem with house building
Two weeks ago, I sat on a panel with several senior London politicians and was asked why the UK…
Modular moves
The first half of 2019 has offered a sense of direction as to how the housing sector is going…
We can learn something from student-led developers
I was lucky enough to join the RESI judges panel a few weeks and consider the student developer of…
Brexit blues?
One of the interesting things about watching the slow-moving car crash known as Brexit take place is that it…
Help to Buy: Help or Hindrance?
The Government’s decision last autumn to extend Help to Buy until 2023 was greeted with relief by many…
What happens now?
Theoretically the UK is leaving the European Union on 29th March this year. Theoretically there will follow a two-year…
Cambridge – the Growth Challenge
I’ve mentioned before in this blog that London isn’t the only place in the UK with a serious housing…
What’s the plan now?
With Brexit in full swing, it was perhaps inevitable that the publication of the Raynsford Review into town planning…
Taxing times
“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” Mark Twain once opined. A piece of free advice which still holds…
Bring on the Builders
It was a cold, crisp October morning when Prime Minister Winston Churchill ushered in the man that would become…
