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InsightMoorfield Group’s Sadie Malim on the social case for institutional capital in residential
In 2021, before this critical period of economic malaise, John Myers, Ben Southwood and Sam Bowman published The Housing Theory of Everything. A cost-of-living crisis later, and that hypothesis now appears very plain.
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InsightA new wave of new towns?
Nigel Hugill, the chief executive of master-developer Urban&Civic, tells Property Week why he believes ambitious new settlements are the only way to address Britain’s housing shortage.
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InsightHouse prices: who knows?
The two leading house price indices (HPIs), from Nationwide and Halifax, provide the most timely measure of sentiment in the housing market but also the most partial. The picture that each paints of what is going on – and the commentary provided by the lenders’ in-house experts – can often ...
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InsightAvamore’s Michael Dean on Labour’s housing policy: balancing ambition and practicality
Labour’s housing policy aims to address the pressing issue of the housing crisis in the UK. With a focus on affordable housing and streamlining the planning system, the party presents ambitious goals for becoming the ‘party of home ownership’.
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InsightSoho Estates' Steve Norris on the housing political battleground
I make no apology for returning to the residential market this week because what both major political parties are saying is now significantly different.
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InsightAlastair Stewart on the futureproofing of new housing developments
Snow in May – even if it is in Manchester? Except the artificially produced flurry is not at the northern capital’s indoor ski slope but from a housing research project trying to preserve the future of the natural white stuff.
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InsightGovernment must get to grips with housing crisis
The housing crisis lurches from tragedy to farce and no one is making any more land, leaving millions of renters lightyears away from owning their own residence.
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InsightAirspace development can help avoid obsolescence
William Hulls’ letter highlighted software solutions for the monitoring and management of energy in the face of increasing MEES. But many small and mid-sized commercial landlords face a much bigger ‘hardware’ problem.
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InsightBarratt goes big on quality: interview with Barratt Developments' chief executive David Thomas
The housebuilding giant’s chief executive David Thomas tells Andy Hillier how a focus on ‘quality, service and sustainability’ has helped steer the company through choppy economic waters
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InsightHammock’s Marco Ferrari on the rise of buy-to-let limited companies
Changes in tax, stricter regulations and a stronger focus on compliance: the property industry has seen a strong push towards the professionalisation of landlords over the last few years, and more changes are on the horizon. Consequently, landlords are looking at new ways to manage their property business.