Two articles explaining the reasons for housing supply failure and the solution are helpful. . By two well regarded experts each illustrates why there is a housing policy problem. Both make good points, but neither article nails why English housing policy since the 1970’s has failed. All the same both are welcome examples of the … Continue reading Messaging is messy

Yesterday’s edition of The Times (3 December 2025) carried an interesting and limited article by Neal Hudson. He is a housing market analyst. Interesting because his descriptions of the market failures, explaining why UK houses are not getting more affordable are correct. With some frustration they do not explain the root causes: why this gloomy … Continue reading More about house prices & market failure

Matthew Pennycook, housing minister says early in the new year the government will publish new plan regulations. This announcement gives a glimmer of hope, that the government will grasp the housing nettle. Let’s just repeat the basic problem. You cannot build lots of new homes without local support. So the question which must be asked … Continue reading New plan making regulations to come soon