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An illiquid housing market is holding Britain back

by Tim Worstall | Aug 1, 2018 | The Analyst

It’s amazing the capacity some policy wonks have to identify a problem and then come up with a completely wrongheaded solution. So it is with the latest report from the Housing and Finance Institute. The authors insist that rather than cutting stamp duty, the...

Geographies of housing development

by Tehreem Husain | Oct 4, 2017 | The Historian

The interwar period witnessed an outstanding period of housing development – about 1.4 million houses were completed of which 865,000 or 62% were new dwellings in rural England and Wales. Amongst a wide range of factors supporting this boom, favourable housing...

The View from Berkeley Square

by Robert Fowlds | Apr 17, 2017 | Investor's Notebook

The West End has been a joy to drive around this Easter as half of London (and most of the property industry) has been away! As well as being able to secure reservations in some fine restaurants, it has also provided some time to reflect… On Brexit I get asked every...