UK housing crisis: Let’s hope for a housing revolution in 2018 December 20, 2017 As the temporarily restored bongs of Big Ben sound at midnight on 31 December, those in the property sector could be forgiven for letting out a little sigh of relief at the passing of yet another year in which the government has resolutely failed to solve the housing crisis. Two stories today illustrate how severe [...]
Focus On Angel: House prices have almost doubled in this central part of Islington in the last ten years January 4, 2018 Though the name has pious connotations, the Angel is actually named after a pub. Well, the 17th century Angel Inn was a hotel, too, then a restaurant, but is now a Co-Op Bank. Although there is a JD Wetherspoons pub called The Angel next door. As an incredibly central part of the London borough of [...]
Local elections 2018 results live: Conservatives fend off Labour in London but Jeremy Corbyn makes gains elsewhere as Ukip collapses May 4, 2018 The Conservatives have maintained their control of Wandsworth, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea councils, three of the main battle grounds in the local elections, marking a significant defeat for Labour. The Tories have also won control of Barnet, which had no overall control previously. Hillingdon, another council that had been in Labour’s sights, stayed blue. Jeremy [...]
The risers and fallers of London boroughs ranked on house price growth as wider UK demand remains robust February 19, 2018 Housing demand remains resilient fuelling "cautious optimism" among new sellers in most regions of the UK, according to a new report fromRightmove. Average asking prices were up by 0.8 per cent (£2,414) this month, with all regions but one recording the price of newly-marketed property rising this month. The south west was "a very marginal [...]
Gone to pot: Police want Camden Town to become a “bong-free” zone October 6, 2016 Camden Town may look a little different the next time you visit as police have pledged to make the area a "no bong" zone and crackdown on paraphernalia associated with drug use. To draw an end to comparisons with pot hotspot Amsterdam, officers have warned shops based on Camden High Street and around the Lock [...]
Every London borough ranked by house price growth in the next three years November 3, 2017 Despite doomsday predictions for house price growth in the capital, prices in Hackney will continue to keep growth strongly over the next three years, new research has suggested. Prices in Hackney are expected to grow more than five per cent in the years to 2020, followed by Westminster and Lewisham, which will both experience growth [...]
Fifth consecutive monthly house price fall in August as more signs emerge of London market dragging September 20, 2017 London house prices recorded the biggest average fall of any region in England and Wales in August, according to new data, as the squeeze at the top end of the British property market continues. Prices in the capital grew by only 0.7 per cent in the year to August, as the average price dropped by [...]
Carlsberg acquires craft beer maker London Fields Brewery July 3, 2017 Another indie craft beer brewery is set to be taken over by a giant of the industry, as Carlsberg UK acquires hip Hackney-based London Fields Brewery. Read more: Carlsberg’s £15m rebrand is a last-ditch effort to save lager The deal will be a joint venture between Carlsberg and Brooklyn Brewery, for which Carlsberg is the [...]
The avocado toast generation needs houses, not lectures on frugality November 17, 2017 The avocado toast generation just can’t catch a break. On Tuesday, a contrarian estate agent published a report guaranteed to antagonise everyone under 40, claiming that a millennial couple could easily save up the £90,000 average deposit for a first home in London, if only they spent less on silly things like sandwiches and lottery [...]
Why HS2 could be a train wreck for Euston station February 20, 2017 Today MPs will debate the HS2 bill in parliament for what is almost certainly the final time. Yet after hundreds of hours of debate and deliberation over more than five years by both MPs and peers, the plan for High Speed Rail 2 into London remains fundamentally flawed. Irrespective of the merits of the entire [...]