A coherent housing policy must include build to rent
You have a complex 21st-century housing problem. So what’s your solution?
View ArticleNew year, new challenges – and new opportunities for housing
There are a raft of new challenges to deal with in 2016 that are all creating risks and opportunities in the housing market.
View ArticleWill direct commissioning really help first time buyers?
On 4 January the Prime Minister announced a “huge shift in government policy”, namely a direct commissioning of up to 13,000 homes over four sites outside of London and an as yet unspecified number of...
View ArticleCutting Red Tape Review must deliver if housing crisis is to be averted
The outcome of the government’s Red Tape Review is eagerly awaited by housebuilders, many of whom have felt weighed down by a significant increase in legislative controls in recent years.
View ArticleBuild-to-rent is a solution, but sector lacks government support
The government has set a target of delivering one million new homes by 2020.
View ArticleProperty must use its power to support the vulnerable
With every day, every week and every year that passes, the statistics showing a housing shortage get ever harder to ignore.
View ArticleWhy the most important people in London's property market are being...
Each year thousands of people move to London to be a part of the buzz, excitement and abundance of opportunities that the UK capital offers, and yet their renting experience is not normally one of ease...
View ArticleRetirees are becoming the new ‘generation rent’
Renting was once considered to be the bastion of those who could not afford to get on the housing ladder - at least in the UK.
View ArticleHow can developers make London schemes viable without eroding quality?
Since our earliest ancestors chose the best plot, with the finest views, on which to build their huts, demand for land has been predicated on location.
View ArticleHas central London’s prime resi market finally peaked?
One topic that was likely to have dominated debate among London-focused residential developers and investors along the Croisette at Mipim last week was whether or not the prime central London property...
View ArticleRiding the worldwide wave of change
London leads the way in so many areas but we seem to be behind the curve when it comes to housing.
View ArticleRiding the worldwide wave of change in housing
London leads the way in so many areas but we seem to be behind the curve when it comes to housing.
View ArticleResi-industrial integration is the future for UK cities
Mipim 2016 seemed a watershed moment in a number of ways - and not just for the rain.
View ArticleOsborne's resi tax doesn't need to harm PRS
The proposed increase in tax rates applied to residential real estate transactions, recently announced by the government in its Budget statement, has raised concerns that it will result in reduced...
View ArticleA perfect opportunity to solve the housing crisis
A moment of crisis is a moment of opportunity.
View ArticleShared home ownership must be more widely understood
The shared ownership tenure, which allows people to part-own and part-rent their homes from a housing association with just a 5% deposit, has become increasingly popular over the past few decades.
View ArticleEngaging with the community is a pivotal first step towards solving the...
I have been building in and around London for fifty years. I started out delivering small developments of single, and then a few homes and now Berkeley Group is regenerating whole areas, delivering...
View ArticlePRS foundations remain firm in wake of Brexit vote
A short while ago the unthinkable happened.
View ArticleOffice-to-resi: A shot in the arm for the housing industry
The opportunity to re-use and re-invest in tired old buildings as a route to kickstart growth of our town centres is now beginning to be realised, although not without some controversy.
View ArticleRESI: gloomy housing outlook is not all down to Brexit
The outlook for the housing market has been much complicated by the uncertainties that have come with the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
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