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How Funding into Housing will speed up Economic Recovery

If additional new funding were available for all first time buyers, more would choose to buy street properties than new build. This would open up the market across all housing stock and significantly accelerate the growth in the economy, by driving up local employment levels at a much faster rate. Continue reading

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Is all the good news for property before an Olympics, and all the bad news to come after?

With less than a month to go and the resignation last week of Andy Altman, the Head of the 2012 legacy organisation, I thought this was an appropriate moment to have a glance into the Olympic history almanac, to have a peek at some of the property related legacies of previous host cities Continue reading

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Who’s brave enough to solve FTB problems?

We have previously quoted projected running yields of almost 6% per annum as part of projected return of 9% Internal Rate of Return (IIR). Evidence to show this can be found in
the fact that the residential market has consistently outperformed other asset classes in real terms over 5 and 10 years. Continue reading

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Towards a Coherent Housing Policy

The Institute for Public Policy (IPPR) think-tank today published the conclusions of its 18-month long review of housing policy “Together at Home – A New Strategy for Housing”. Continue reading

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What Hope is there for the Next Generation of Homeowners?

Halifax, in conjunction with NatCen Social Research published a new report today, an update of their Generation Rent research of a year ago. A thorough piece it is too, if very depressing. Continue reading

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Housing Demographic Shift – More 20-34 year olds stuck in parental nest

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that in 2011 nearly 3 milllion adults aged between 20 and 34 were still living with Mum and Dad. An increase of almost half a million, since 1997. Continue reading

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Olympic Legacy – Have we learnt anything from the past?

It is interesting to note that in an era where the mention of development risk sends bankers running away to hide in the nearest City bar, that the organisation that has bought the Athletes Village (now renamed the East Village), is a Middle Eastern sovereign investment house Continue reading

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How will the 2012 Olympics affect the housing market?

Housing activists and concerned residents have already reported that landlords have put up rental flats rates and the incoming effect of Olympics on the London property market is making the current housing crisis even worse. Continue reading

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Further evidence of Changing Demography and Housing Demand

With rising demand for school places, healthcare and homes and the housing supply shortage – the problem is ever present. Continue reading

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Capitalising on Government Innovations

If Government is serious in its desire to meet the overwhelming demand for housing it must use these and similar innovations and extend them to institutional investors interested in residential housing. Continue reading

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