My first solo byline for BBC News (UK), and I'm once again writing about property with mortgage rates on the rise.

bbc.co.uk/articles/c72pn…

In case you missed it, my first BBC News (UK) story (assisting the very able and wise tomespiner) went live yesterday.

You can read the full story below:

bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

I have just started a new job as a business reporter BBC News (UK) 📰🗞️

Please send all pitches, scoops, and tips to [email protected].

you kind of give away the game when you say 'having to make', it sort of undermines the claim that you are doing this because you listen to your customers

'With the Titanic having smashed into an iceberg - what opportunities open up for life boat manufacturers?'

A big chunk of large housebuilders' revenue comes from bulk-selling homes to social housing providers 🏠💷

But most refuse to say much (or anything) about who these social housing providers are 😶❓

I lift the lid on these opaque deals for Investors' Chronicle:

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2024/02/2…

Scoop/exclusive: Suspended homeless accommodation landlord Home Reit's charity tenants are all under scrutiny from the government's charities regulator.

Read all about it only in Investors' Chronicle:

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2024/02/1…

What's the best Reit portfolio?

As in, what would an imaginary portfolio based on the holdings of the top 35 Reits weighted by market cap look like?

And what kinda hack would spend days crunching the numbers?

Maybe don't answer no 3...

Investors' Chronicle

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2024/01/2…

Why aren't we building enough homes?

An excellently thorough analysis by Clara Murray for the Financial Times of everything that's wrong with British housing delivery (featuring a small bit of input from yours truly in the form of a graph)

ft.com/content/07abec…

Campaigners say this could be the biggest overhaul of the controversial English and Welsh leasehold system in a century - if the details are right.

My article for Investors' Chronicle on what's at stake, who might benefit, and what could stand in its way.

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2024/01/1…

In response to higher interest rates, homebuyers are taking out ever longer mortgage terms to reduce payments.

But the approach has the Bank of England and several others worried

My article for Investors' Chronicle:

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2023/12/2…

This goes to the heart of the whole covid lockdown thing.
Boris Johnson's mindset has always been one of denial, & it's unnecessarily cost tens of thousands of lives. I caught a glimpse of this when I interviewed him earlier this year...
A THREAD:

Is the property downturn over or does it still have a few months left to run?

Yes.

My Investors' Chronicle article on the muddled UK commercial real estate market.

investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2023/10/3…

Investors Chronicle: On the one hand, more homes are a good thing. On the other hand, the living conditions in many (PDR) homes are appalling because, under PDR, developers cut corners and build scores of cramped flats without ventilation or even windows. investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2023/10/2…