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Our experts on residential property investment and development share their thoughts on what’s happening in the sector
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 owners from moving or refinancing. But an increasing number of companies are attempting to change that: last year, we...
Anyone trying to follow the latest political debate over housing, urban intensification and development can be forgiven for feeling confused. The National Party’s newly announced...
Immigration statistics published by the ONS in May show that, when it comes to housing, we’re stuck running up the down escalator – one that is getting faster and faster. ...
Despite what the headlines might sometimes suggest, the housing crisis is not one, uniform problem faced by the whole nation, but rather a series of local and very different...
A little more than a year ago I wrote a piece in this space called “All Housing is Affordable Housing.” The claim was that the essential step toward reducing the housing shortage...
The UK government has tabled the long awaited renter’s reform bill, the first step to change in England’s troubled private rented sector. The bill’s headline reform is to end “no...
Pretty much every renter in Britain has a horrible landlord story. Whether it’s a mouldy bathroom, exaggerated damage costs after a tenancy, delayed repairs, surprise rent...
Oftentimes, NIMBYs are heralded as the archenemy of housing reform and the primary cause of the housing crisis. This, however, clouds discussion about other serious obstacles on...
...and how to stop them stealing your chips. On a summer’s day at the beach, the sound of seagulls is part of the ambience. But what about when they’re in the middle of a...
Write anything about housing and you’ll usually be hit with a classic non-gotcha: "What about empty homes?" What about those supposed millions of properties that lie unused?...