Large schemes take 5 years to start on site Big developers land banking allows sale values to grow and land to be used as equity on balance sheet. Means profits can be sustained in our highly competitive land market lichfields.uk/media/5779/sta…

The much awaited and talked of Battersea Power Station starting to show its face. How will it deal in a rapidly changing retail environment propertyweek.com/news/first-ret…

Mix-use is definitely a buzz word in today's market. There are definitely good ways and bad ways to implement it. propertyweek.com/perspectives-s…

Government attempts to drive innovation in the housing sector. Its is needed. But good design will only happen if it is properly incentivised. Latest results show that it is not. gov.uk/government/new…

The latest CBRE report on rental affordability suggests that ownership has become less affordable over the last 10 years by showing Price:Earnings This is not correct. It does not allow for the improving credit conditions for buyers over the period. cbre.vo.llnwd.net/grgservices/se…

Building on the Greenbelt doesn't have to be a free-for-all of capitalist destruction. If the greenbelt is assessed in a more nuanced manner, then it can provide some of the land needed to address our shortage in housing propertyweek.com/news/industry-…

With a dodgy retail market and Brexit uncertainty, UK investors are looked abroad more often. Comparing yields to European cities London does look cheap and is certainly attracting interest propertyweek.com/data/uk-invest…

With the struggles on the high street in particular, this might alleviate some of the distress propertyweek.com/news/smes-call…

To create an independent housing body would allow a more long term perspective But would government listen when its perspective is always biased by the present? propertyweek.com/residential-an…

“This is the first significant improvement in housing affordability in England for ten years." We disagree. Once you account for increasing LTVs and lower mortgage rates, housing has been becoming more affordable for the last 10 years ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

The market is going to stop, as transaction decisions are delayed. Government support should limit those who need to sell Things will pick up When, and by how much? are the big questions savills.co.uk/research_artic…

The spread between bonds and long term property yields are going to continue drawing investors in as money chases yields down propertyweek.com/finance/over-8…

Knight Frank backing a contraction followed by a similar expansion in 21 knightfrank.co.uk/research/artic…

An interesting index which will show how higher risk investments are performing. propertyweek.com/industry-bodie…

Knight Frank are forecasting a fairly swift recovery in housing "You have interest rates at historic lows, rates relief and rent deferrals, which you didn’t have in 2008. That puts liquidity into the market." propertyweek.com/residential-an…

No surprise as an already growing trend is accelerated... propertyweek.com/news/value-of-…

New data from the ONS shows that housing need may only be 204k per annum (lower population growth). Savills suggest a new method, accounting for affordability (P:E) The number jumps back to 300k... But is P:E a good measure of affordability? savills.co.uk/research_artic…

It isn't in the interest of landlords for tenants to go bust Tenants, landlords and lenders will have to take a hit so that there are some viable businesses left on the other side. propertyweek.com/news/ei-group-…