I’m often struck by the adaptability of Londoners. This trait is generally highlighted in times of strife; IRA bombings or 7/7, the riots of summer 2011 or yet another Tube strike. Londoners; A Hardy Lot For me, it is the ability to shoulder the little things; endless queues – everywhere, the daily grind of commuting, […]
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Just a few weeks into 2015 and with the UK General Election on the horizon, the electioneering is in full swing. For the next 15 weeks JLL UK Residential colleagues, clients and journalists will be asking about the impacts related to each of the likely outcomes. Let’s call this note a pre-emptive strike. Tory or […]
We have had very good and interesting feedback on our recent Building Private Rented Communities (PRC) paper from February 2014. One of the more frequent questions I have been asked is on the rationale behind the new PRC terminology that we are actively encouraging in the market to replace Build-to- Rent. First and foremost, PRCs better reflect the […]
The words ‘bubble’ and ‘housing market’ are enough to make many people pretty uncomfortable, especially with the global financial crisis still fresh in many minds and the UK economy having just begun a slow and gradual recovery. The housing market is showing relatively strong signs of improvement, with house prices recording growth of 0.8% in England […]
Several things are clear about the UK housing market. For example, transaction volumes are very low and mortgage lending is not far off the record lows established after the global credit crisis hit. It is also clear that house prices in London are rising. It is not however clear in which direction house prices are […]
With the cost of owning a home in the UK prohibiting many people from ever becoming owner-occupiers I would like to kick-off the following discussion: should the national government be assuming more responsibility for housing supply, and therefore, pricing dynamics across the UK? Socially, economically and morally I see an argument for the government stepping […]