The BTR sector is primed for success

25 June 20

Institutional property investment in the UK has historically given residential a wide berth.

BTL cannot compete with BTR

20 December 19

Buy-to-let used to be all the rage. Developers keen to score some early runs packaged up enough ‘off-plan sales’ to make a Far East sales trip worth the air tickets and liver damage.

Private sector BTR players can deliver affordable rents

12 September 18

The build-to-rent (BTR) sector has been trumpeted as a viable and potentially substantial deliverer of new homes

Longer tenancies help build better BTR communities

10 July 18

The government has recently commenced a consultation process with the aim of ‘Overcoming the Barriers to Longer Tenancies in the Private Rented Sector’.

Budget is just part of the solution to the housing crisis

1 December 17

The chancellor’s Budget last week focused heavily on housing, with a cut in stamp duty for first-time buyers being a helpful boost for those already possessing the means and will to step on to the housing ladder.

Build-to-rent fan club is good news for developers

1 September 17

At last - a supplementary planning guide that cuts through the froth and says what it means.

Can anyone help the boomerang generation?

26 May 17

At last, after 35 years of undersupply, the major parties have woken up to the crisis in the residential property market.

The housing white paper – fix or fudge?

23 February 17

The long-delayed housing white paper was intended to identify how the government will deliver its one million new homes by the 2020 target. While much has already been written about the document, only one question matters: will it succeed in that aim?

Home truths: how the chancellor could help solve the housing crisis

17 November 16

In less than a week, Philip Hammond will deliver his first Autumn Statement. Given the property market’s calls for assistance from the new chancellor have been among the most clear and consistent of any sector, will we finally get the help we need to address the housing crisis?