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Our sluggish planning system is to blame for high house prices

by Tim Worstall | Feb 27, 2018 | Political Insider

We’re told that there are near half a million planning permissions out there as yet unbuilt. Enough to keep the house-building industry going for five years – thus it it argued that it cannot be the planning permission system which causes our housing problems. This is...

Putting a price on place

by Zoe Bignell | Oct 24, 2017 | The Guest Essay

Placemaking has long been the buzzword of the real estate world, but aside from the anecdotal benefits it has often been hard to measure the tangible advantages, that is, until now. Looking at 11 global placemaking initiatives in the UK, Australia, USA, Italy,...

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...