Let’s be honest, demonising landlords won’t solve Britain’s housing crisis January 25, 2024 Landlords are an easy target for our housing grievances, but fewer of them won't help renters, writes Matthew Lesh.
Our credit scoring system is out of date and Generation Rent is paying the price January 23, 2024 Many Brits are forking out thousands on rent but remain credit-invisible; unlocking data could be the solution, writes Alex Marsh.
The housing crisis will wage on if we don’t fix TfL’s funding problem January 22, 2024 Stop-gap funding for TfL is not only worsening London's transport system, but also its housing, writes Muniya Barua.
Housing slump continues as Marshalls cost-cutting fails to halt revenue slide January 18, 2024 In a trading update, published today, Marshalls said actions to save around £11m annually, including factory mothballing, shift slashes and business re-shuffling couldn't prevent year-on-year group revenues falling by seven per cent to £671m.
The Debate: Should the next government build more new towns? January 17, 2024 We are in the midst of a housing crisis and Labour has committed to a programme of new towns - so should the UK build more Peterboroughs and Stoke on Trents?
London’s housing crisis is acute, but it’s a symptom of global policy failure January 15, 2024 Housing policy has failed on a global scale, it's time to address the core of the issue, writes Maimunah Mohd Sharif.
Natwest boss’s radio blunder betrays the reality of C-suite groupthink January 10, 2024 Natwest chair Sir Howard Davies's housing comments betray the risks of the C-suite echo chamber, writes Simon Neville.
Building materials supplier SIG warns of tough conditions as headwinds buffet construction market January 9, 2024 Housing supplier SIG rode out sluggish market conditions and expects to post profits at the upper end of its guidance, as investors hope for an upturn in fortunes this year. The firm said it expects revenues of almost £3bn in an update published this morning, with profit being between £50-55m, at the upper end of [...]
Housing crisis: Two-thirds of £4.2bn government homes fund remains untouched January 3, 2024 More than two-thirds of a government fund aimed at creating thousands of new homes in the UK remains unspent, despite launching over six years ago.
Best of opinion 2023: Housing special December 22, 2023 Housing was a hot topic in 2023 – prices may have lowered a little (though by less than expected) but punishing mortgage rates and the impact of inflation have squeezed would-be buyers and sparked a mass landlord exodus. Renters’ rates have rocketed, up around 10 per cent year on year. All in all Londoners are [...]