I’m a social landlord, but London housing needs the private sector Opinion Any mention of the private sector is met with rejection, or even disgust, in some quarters of the social housing sector, but we both need each other, writes Andy Hulme.
UK housing market: ‘Not fixed, but less broken’ Property Decades of underinvestment, underbuilding and overegulation have clobbered the housing market. The UK is now short about 4.3m homes, with the worst crisis in cities. Labour, which made solving that crisis a central mission of its first year in government, has made tracks to get Britain building again – reforming planning, trying to bridge the [...]
Home REIT sells off another £36.9m of property in wind-down scramble Property Scandal-hit social housing investor Home REIT said it had offloaded another £36.9m worth of property today as it scrambles to clear its debts before winding down. In a statement to the markets, the former FTSE 250 firm said it had sold 200 houses at a series of public auctions last week as part of efforts [...]
Platform Housing: Turnover up as investment in existing homes trumps construction of new ones August 28, 2024 Platform Housing Group has reported a strong start to the year, although the rate of new-build homes has fallen with the focus shifting to improving social rented properties. Turnover at the company grew by 14.8 per cent to £92.3m in the three months to June 2024, up from £80.4m in June 2023, with 95 per [...]
Home REIT: Beleaguered trust targets lifting of trading ban August 23, 2024 Home REIT has laid out its plan to apply to the Financial Conduct Authority to restore the trading of its shares, as the beleaguered trust’s chair admitted facing “very significant challenges”. The trust was launched with the intention of providing social housing to the homeless, but has been pummelled with multiple scandals over the last [...]
Hold the champagne, the housing market upturn is meaningless without rental reform August 21, 2024 The recovery in the UK housing market recovery is redundant while the rental sector remains in pieces, writes Purplebricks CEO Sam Mitchell.
Build, Baby, Build: If you want growth, you need social housing July 24, 2024 Key workers are being priced out of renting in London, placing huge human and economic costs on the capital. By recognising the value of social housing to people and to the economy, we can make the case to build more much-needed social housing in London and create a more affordable, more inclusive city for all [...]
‘Hoodwinked from IPO onwards’: Home REIT shareholders round on scandal-hit investor over wind-down plans July 17, 2024 Home REIT shareholders have rounded on the firm and its investment manager today after the scandal-hit social housing investor revealed plans to wind down in the coming months.