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Property Chronicle contributors respond to the Budget

by The Editor | Nov 23, 2017 | Editorial Notes

Following yesterday’s announcement from the Chancellor, the Property Chronicle editorial team asked our contributors for their initial reactions. Adrian Elwood Adrian Elwood has been researching and investing in the listed real estate sector for over thirty...

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,...

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%....

Housing is now at the top of the political agenda

by Adrian Pepper | Jul 26, 2017 | Political Insider

Six months ago, building new homes for the British was heralded as one of the great crusades of Theresa May’s Conservative government. A housing green paper published in February led on the theme of looking after Generation Rent, with ministers quietly acknowledging...

London property faces a bear market in 2018

by Matein Khalid | Jul 17, 2017 | The Macro View

Prime London home prices (Mayfair, Kensington, Belgravia, Chelsea) are now down 20% from their pre-Brexit peaks. Theresa May’s general election gamble and the surprising success of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has negatively impacted foreign investor...