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£39bn over 10 years isn’t transformational, more pilot than revolution, set against years of underinvestment, with leasehold reform, co-living momentum and BTR delivery risks in focus.
Read More →UK Property & Macro: Watkin's real-time stats, 3.4% inflation, 5.1% unemployment, and analysis of the Warm Homes Plan, EPC cap changes, and rental sector squeeze.
Read More →"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it... he who doesn't... pays it." - Albert Einstein
Read More →Early signs of a mild zombie apocalypse: higher rates and wages are killing off weak firms, clearing space for stronger, more productive replacements.
Read More →Adam Lawrence is back with the first supplement of the year. In this week's edition, he gives us his forecast for the year ahead.
Read More →"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you" - Christian Morgenstern, German writer and poet. This week’s quote pertains to the deep dive, as ever, and I get into one of the very...
Read More →"The English Housing Survey consistently reveals a tale of two Englands: for some, home is a safe haven and a substantial asset; for millions of others in the private and social rented sectors, it's a...
Read More →"Spend now, pay later." - Helen Miller, chief exec of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, nicely framed. This week’s quote pertains to the deep dive, as usual, and I tackle the Budget summary from a cou...
Read More →"Property taxes are an interaction between stamp duty, council tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax. You don’t solve that problem by just adding another wealth tax to it." - Lord (Mervyn) King,...
Read More →“By sticking to our deficit reduction plans we can keep interest rates low. And it is, I think, hard to overstate the fundamental importance of low interest rates for an economy as indebted as ours......
Read More →"AI won't replace humans, but those who use AI will replace those who don't ." — Garry Kasparov, Chess Grandmaster This week’s quote is a reference to the AI-powered experimental version of the...
Read More →“London isn't as sought after as it was a decade ago" - Damian Shepherd, Bloomberg News. This week’s quote pertains to the deep dive, as I take a look at the rumoured demise of Prime Central London an...
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