It’s all about supply

Blink and you might have missed last month the GLA published a Research Note endorsing that building new…

Nutrient no go

The defeat of the Government sponsored amendment seeking to resolve the housing logjam caused by the issue of nutrient…

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…

Gove misses the mark with new set of housing announcements

As Michael Gove begins to turn his considerable brainpower to a career in political biography it was unsurprising that…

Death by planning portal

Talking about local planning issues usually is a deflating experience for many involved.  Often no one wins and the…

Get zoned to get homed

Like the UK,  New Zealand has an affordability challenge.  What’s happening there is worth paying attention to.   In 2016,…

Why brown is not the new green

After the reception of last week’s post on the greenbelt, I thought it only right to do a…