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Britain’s housing crisis just isn’t that complicated

by John Myers | Mar 28, 2018 | Residential Investor

How can we end the housing crisis? Would a better planning system ensure more well-designed homes with local support where they are most wanted, over time making homes more affordable than they would otherwise be? Of course it would. When it comes to whether or not...

Retirement living – the next crisis and opportunity

by Robert Fowlds | Nov 20, 2017 | Investor's Notebook

A key priority for government is to build new homes, particularly social housing, but the demographics point to another major shortfall over the next 20 years. According to McCarthy & Stone (MCS), the retirement living sector leader, of the UK population of 65.6m,...

UK residential property has seldom been this cheap

by Jo Welman | Sep 26, 2017 | Investor's Notebook, The Fund Manager

Much is being said and written about the lack of affordable housing in the UK. Since the trough in the first quarter of 2009 following the financial crisis, the average UK house price has risen by 40%. To buy a home in London, young first time buyers need to save for...

How to fix the housing crisis

by Ben Ramanauskas | Sep 21, 2017 | The Guest Essay

The findings of yesterday’s National Audit Office (NAO) report on homelessness in the UK were alarming. The problem has worsened significantly in recent years. The number of rough sleepers stood at more than 4,000 in the autumn of 2016, having increased from fewer...

The View from Berkeley Square

by Robert Fowlds | Sep 18, 2017 | Investor's Notebook

Crisis? What crisis?! Results from the listed home builders this summer describe a sector in rude health, particularly in the mid-market house price range of 250k-350k. Redrow for example reported sales up 21%, PTP up 26%, EPS up 27%, DPS up 70%, and ROE up to 28%....