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…

Trading through a recession

I still remember vividly my first job in property. Having gone back to university in my mid-twenties to retrain,…

Time for a modular revolution

Any analysis of the UK construction industry will tell you two things.  Firstly, it’s ailing.  Secondly, it’s ripe for…

Reasons for optimism

This week I attended the Savills annual market update.  It’s a good chance to get an informed health check…

What happens now?

Theoretically the UK is leaving the European Union on 29th March this year.  Theoretically there will follow a two-year…

Back to reality

Oh what a shame.  Just when we thought the UK had turned a corner in delivering major infrastructure projects…

Looking for a break over Christmas: My top five reads

Last weekend, Christmas arrived in the Cuff house with the erection of a festive tree procured from the local…

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…