Labour policy is making it harder to sell a flat in London Opinion Lowering the threshold for Stamp Duty and locking out first-time buyers at the same time as introducing legislation that makes it economically nonviable to be a landlord has led to a glut of London flats on the market, says Simon Gerrard Londoners were the most likely to have lost money when selling their property in [...]
How to fix the housing crisis? We’ve told the government again and again and again Opinion I’m a London estate agency chairman – and I’m tired of talking about the same housing problems every month, writes Simon Gerrard.
Street votes will worsen our already archaic planning system instead of cutting red tape Simon Gerrard A central pillar of the government’s Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which had its second reading yesterday, is Michael Gove’s plan to provide neighbours with the agency to prevent planning applications. This may, on the surface, seem like a good idea, and it will probably win his party some votes – but it is a [...]
