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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...
There is a homelessness crisis in Ireland. More than 11,000 people including 3,500 children were living in emergency homeless accommodation at the end of 2022 – a 300%...
Welcome to the UK, where affordable housing can often feel like an oxymoron. The average national house price is £294,000, but someone earning the average annual...
In the UK, legal cases resolving alleged neighbour nuisances are ten-a-penny. Some – about overhanging trees or leylandii hedges that block out the sun – reach the local press....
Originally published October 2022. An engaged response to a passing Tweet, ‘Why do we fetishise plain old buildings?’ As someone who has built a business sourcing, acquiring, and...
Sales of existing homes sank another 5.9% in October to a 4.43 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. That is the ninth consecutive monthly decline, leaving the selling pace at...
Originally published October 2022. After nine years of enticing first time buyers (FTBs) into – and consequently inflating the prices of – new build, help-to-buy (HTB) is finally...
Originally published October 2022. In the United States, zoning laws are overwhelmingly local concerns, though heavily influenced by federal pressures, like lending and highway...
The rise of remote property investment is one of the more notable by-products of the altered post-pandemic housing market. While this trend has the potential to radically adjust...
Why a fall isn’t certain and wouldn’t help first-time buyers much anyway. The UK remains a nation of homeowners, with two-thirds of all dwellings belonging to the people who live...