After being asked the umpteenth time at the end of an interview for quote approval, I figured I should put together an accessible doc for interviewees to understand what the process is like. Anyone got any feedback on it/would it be useful for others? docs.google.com/document/d/1Sc…

Nice coverage of our H1 analysis of living investment - we tracked £6.8bn in student, BTR and healthcare investment so far in 2022, of which over half was via £100m+ deals, with a number of notable deals from BTR investors targeting bigger schemes.

This revolving door really isn't great for the sector. Though intrigued to see who will step up to be the (checks notes) eighth housing minister in six years

The pound jumped 0.5% against the dollar, from $1.193 to a high of $1.199, as investors reacted positively to Boris Johnson’s expected resignation. ft.com/content/57dd3b…

Boris’ resignation saw the pound jump immediately, housebuilder stocks barely wavered (also Gove was also out the night before and had fractious relationships with the industry) and now here’s what you might expect from the market 👇

Exclusive: Lone Star presses pause on £3bn+ Wembley sale as market turmoil takes grip | David Hatcher reactnews.com/article/lone-s…

One of the UK’s largest build-to-rent landlords created with £280m+ portfolio acquisition - full scoop @reactproperty

NEW The UK government's Net-Zero Strategy breached the Climate Change Act, the High Court has ruled I've read the full 59-page judgement so you don't have to, as well as speaking with several lawyers THREAD on the ruling & what it means (TL;DR new strategy by Mar 2023) 1/

I think I've made the ultimate stop buying avocados chart. A deposit for a house is over two times the typical annual salary, up from half in 1996.

This list is always brilliant and this year’s cohort is just as inspirational as ever. 41 Women In UK Real Estate Who Are Dominating In 2022 bisnow.com/london/news/wo…

Shame to see Countryside drop the £20m Bardon MMC factory, as it focuses on cost cutting over longer term innovation. The housebuilder previously pledged to deliver half its housing (5,000 homes) using MMC, with 3,500 a year from the Bardon site. egi.co.uk/news/countrysi…

UK energy bills latest: Price cap to hit >£3,200 in Oct so both contenders to be next PM say they'll do more… Sunak would end VAT on bills (grey bit on my chart) Truss would remove policy costs (the red bit) Can you see the problem? carbonbrief.org/analysis-cutti…

“The world’s awash with capital.” With reform of Solvency II on the cards, Nigel Wilson takes aim at the planning system (adding “of course” the changes to Solvency II don’t go far enough). thetimes.co.uk/article/open-b…

Need to keep on saying it. Poorly insulated homes means people use more, pay more, owe more and waste more. theguardian.com/money/2022/aug…

Great fun investigating Adam Neumann's new venture Flow, a sort of WeWork for rental housing that promises to shake up how we live. Thanks to Emma Rosser JLL, James Mannix Knight Frank, Kevin Ward The University of Manchester and Tom Cheesewright for contributions telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/2…

It’s a huge honour to be appointed Secretary of State @luhc. Delivering on Levelling Up for communities in all parts of our country, unlocking the homes we need and supporting the economic growth that is so central to Liz Truss’s Government is our mission - will give it my all.

London’s housing crisis is spreading according to SpareRoom data, with a record high 106,000 people looking for rooms, and only 15,000 rooms up for grabs, a record low. The squeeze represents one of the constraints holding back the UK economy. Bloomberg UK bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Investors pour £3bn into UK living in the third quarter | MayyAA Jess Middleton-Pugh reactnews.com/article/invest…

Great fun to kick off this year’s Movers & Shakers with Nick Whitten unpicking the current state of the market and a few predictions

OK, so this is absolutely scandalous. The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for proposed rules to tighten energy efficiency standards for rented properties to be delayed. That's bad enough, but the worst part is thanks to government failure they have a point.