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How property stopped dictating politics

by Martin Baxter | Apr 26, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Political Insider

Originally published May 2021. Local property prices were always a good indicator of UK voting habits – but in the past five years, that’s stopped being true. The last few years have been volatile for UK politics. There have been surprise results in several general...

Weekly Briefing: The beauty of building

by John Ashmore | Apr 17, 2023 | Residential Investor, zNewsletter

If you believe getting more homes built in the right places is the most important issue facing the country, this has been a pretty dispiriting few months. First the Government agreed to significantly weaken the planning system in the face of a backbench...

All grown up: Generation Rent finally become majority homeowners

by Luke Graham | Apr 17, 2023 | Residential Investor, zOurWriters2

Earlier this month, RentCafe reported their analysis of IPUMS data indicating Millennials’ landmark transition from majority renters to majority homeowners in the United States in 2022. According to RentCafe’s commentary, the average first-time Millennial homebuyer in...

Data – shaping the built environment

by Andrea Hunt and Paul Bagust | Apr 6, 2023 | The Analyst

The recent successful launch of the BDO PropCost – an independent analysis of service charge expenditure data benchmarking report, has been very well received by all parties in the property industry who have been calling for more transparent data for many years....

Monarchy doesn’t have to be modern

by Henry Hill | Apr 6, 2023 | Golden Oldie, Investor's Notebook

Strikes. The cost of living. The NHS crisis (if it still makes sense to distinguish the crisis from the institution at this point). It’s fair to say that few people looking ahead to 2023 see very much for Britain to look forward to. But there is one bright spot on the...