Housing

Black swans, cost inflation and the London Mayor is now King – Part 3

It is now increasingly clear that this conflict is not a short-lived shock despite the American President’s…

London’s Brownfield Emergency: Positives on Temporary Measures

From Planning Purgatory to Pragmatism: Strong Support for London’s Affordable Housing Policy — But S106 Reliance and…

Black Swans, Bond Markets and the Housing Pipeline – Part 2

On Monday morning President Trump published on his Truth Social platform “I AM PLEASE…

Housing policy isn’t failing. It’s doing exactly what voters (wrongly) want.

For years, the industry has told itself a comforting story: governments and politicians might make mistakes but…

Five ideas to help supply for first-time buyers and renters in our cities

A functioning housing ladder is critical to our towns, cities and…

Black Swans and the Planning System: Why Profit Caps Don’t Work in Housing

One of the persistent assumptions in the UK planning debate is that…

Urban Sketch’s NPPF viability consultation response

For those yet to respond the viability reforms in the NPPF – you can find it here:…

Why “Making Social Rent Homes Viable” Is a Breakthrough — and Still a Reality Check

In the long, familiar cycle of UK housing debates, the Homes for People We Need report Making Social Rent…

The Waiting Game

How Lloydism risks detonating the master developer model, triggering a land strike, and leaving Britain’s housing pipeline…

Milton Keynes Lost: How second stairwells knocked out the UK’s brownfield housing pipeline

The idea for Place Base’s first published research emerged from a nagging desire to quantify how many…