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Build to rent is changing the American dream

by Paul Stanton | Aug 5, 2024

How build-to-rent communities are changing the US housing market

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Deep Dive: Ownify

by Brad Hargreaves | Jul 15, 2024

Can a fractional ownership model help renters become owners? Homeownership is stuck. Persistently high rates have both locked renters out of the market and prevented existing...

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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

by Angus Fanshawe | Jul 4, 2024

Extending a flat lease or buying the freehold - where we are now (or rather - where we aren’t). It was all over – or that’s what we thought when the Prime Minister announced the...

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US home prices hit a record high

by Moses Sternstein | Jul 1, 2024

So why are homebuilders so sad? In today’s dispatch: home prices hit an all time highstrangely, no one wants to build new homes, and homebuilders are saddiscounts everywhere, but...

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Playing the blame game on rent inflation

by Louis Rouanet | Jun 24, 2024

Inflation is the surest way to trigger a Pavlovian response from politicians, whereby they blame monopolists, middlemen, greedy entrepreneurs, profiteers, and price gougers. In...

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More housing fixes (almost) everything

by Art Carden | Jun 3, 2024

Bryan Caplan does not write to be popular. He writes not for causes he thinks are likely to win but for causes that deserve to win. I’ve reviewed almost all of his books: The...

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The free market case for leasehold reform

by Sam Bidwell | Apr 8, 2024

From obscure 12th century statutes to amusing judicial wigs, there’s much to admire in the gradual development of Britain’s legal order. However, the outdated leasehold...

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Why marriage value should be abolished

by Linz Darlington | Dec 11, 2023

If you own a flat with a short lease, whatever it is worth now it will jump up in value if you ever extend the lease. On paper at least, you should make a profit. If your lease...

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The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: its time has come…

by Sebastian O'Kelly | Dec 11, 2023

The Leasehold and Freehold Bill is the most significant reform of the leasehold system for a generation, and many - including me - hope that this assault on all its outrageous...