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…
The View from Downe: What Nigel Farage’s Village Tells Us About His Housing Politics
If you want to know how Nigel Farage might think about housing, you have to leave Westminster…
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…
Our cities need rental revolution to prosper
It was around 13 years ago I joined Essential Living at the inception of one of the…
Why London stopped building
Two weeks ago, London focused furniture company David Phillips went into administration. The business, roughly 25 years,…
Everything you have always wanted to know about property development (but were afraid to ask)
A widening gulf exists between the complexity and sophistication of the property development environment and some of…
Playing Corporation Games
Much hope appears to rest on a new wave of development corporations to help the nation get…
