Our housing market is – undeniably – broken. The affordability ratio (house prices to earnings) has climbed across the country, … Continue reading “Untangling the complex web of the UK housing market”

One of my colleagues used to have a theory about how Britain’s housing crisis would eventually become self-limiting. It went … Continue reading “A lack of affordable housing doesn’t defy the laws of supply and demand – it proves them”

Imagine we had no land use planning system at all. Landowners and developers could do as they please. Anyone could … Continue reading “The greenbelt is an example of Milton Friedman’s ‘tyranny of the status quo’”

Housing costs in the UK – both house prices and rents – are among the highest in the world. Since … Continue reading “To solve the housing crisis, we must take on NIMBYs and abolish the greenbelt”

The greenbelt is a sacred cow, right? Everybody loves the greenbelt, everybody wants to see it protected, and everybody knows … Continue reading “Why greenbelt reform is not a lost cause”

In a centralised country like ours, regional and local politics will always play second fiddle to national events, such as … Continue reading “London’s next mayor must be unashamedly in favour of airport and housing expansion”

When you watch or listen to a political debate programme, and you hear someone saying something like ‘I am not … Continue reading “Abolish all green belts and ignore the nimbys”