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Communities and housing need not be enemies

by Bartek Staniszewski | May 15, 2023 | Residential Investor, zNewsletter

Oftentimes, NIMBYs are heralded as the archenemy of housing reform and the primary cause of the housing crisis. This, however, clouds discussion about other serious obstacles on the road to housing reform; not least the gargantuan land prices, inflation caused by the...

Golf and the Victorian seaside resort

by Michael Morrison | May 14, 2023 | The Historian, zOtherDiversions

It is well accepted that golf began on the linksland on the east coast of Scotland, played there at least since the 16th century. Once the railway age began, and holidays at the seaside became a possibility, towns such as St Andrew, Gullane and North Berwick developed...

Ring for the King: the long history of England’s bellringing tradition

by Katherine Butler | May 10, 2023 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, there have been reports of a national shortage of bellringers. The UK counts 38,000 churches. The hope is that each will “ring for the king”, as the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers has...

Why Britain needs more empty homes

by Freddie Poser | May 9, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Residential Investor

Write anything about housing and you’ll usually be hit with a classic non-gotcha: “What about empty homes?” What about those supposed millions of properties that lie unused? Surely all we need is to allocate those homes and our housing woes will go away....

House prices: a long-run view

by Tehreem Husain | May 9, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Residential Investor

Housing has been one of the most essential services consumed by human beings and real estate has been a key store of wealth. Houses are a large proportion of household wealth, serve as a key collateral for bank lending and play a central role for long-run trends in...