By Andrew Teacher November 7, 2016 The dysfunction, violence and moral decay vividly painted by J. G. Ballard’s acclaimed 1975 novel ‘High Rise’ were celebrated early this year in a cinematic reworking starring Tom Hiddleston. Supposedly influenced by the soaring architecture of seventies London, the painfully accurate future it gazed…

By Andrew Teacher October 25, 2016 Major changes have been made to the planning system by successive governments. Yet whether we’re discussing nuclear energy, fracking, airports or indeed, housing, planning reforms dominate the political debate. All too often however, democratic decisions taken nationally are overturned due to other interests. Democracy…

October 22 2016 A report in today’s Observer claims leading banks will pull out of London early next year. As well as the obvious impact on the financial services sector, Britain’s commercial real estate market could also be decimated. London’s office market could have 26 million sq ft of space…

By Andrew Teacher September 20, 2016 For many businesses, finding your voice with investors, consumers and regulators can be a challenge. For property companies and institutional investors who don’t traditionally see themselves as consumer-facing, build to rent also poses additional layers of reputational risk. Reputational risk has always existed on…

By Hira Younas August 26, 2016 Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years and more and more people are being forced to rent as buying a home becomes increasingly unaffordable. Demand for houses far exceeds supply, a major factor behind price hikes and long-term…

By Andrew Teacher August 25, 2016 Few people tell it is like is with the eloquence and succinctness of Anne Ashworth, property and personal finance editor at the Times. In her Friday column, Anne highlighted the emerging battleground over the country’s private rented sector (PRS), inviting readers to “pick a…

By Andrew Teacher August 2, 2016 One of the biggest opportunities to build additional homes not mentioned by Resolution Foundation’s chief economist on Radio 4 this morning was build to rent — where institutional investors invest cash for the long-term creating homes just for rent. …

By Andrew Teacher July 13, 2016 In one of the first broadcast hits I did during my time at BAA on the ever- popular passenger travel data, I pressed the apparently dull subject of Heathrow’s increasing cargo volume. As was sadly ever the case, this perplexed some colleagues to whom…

By Andrew Teacher July 12, 2016 How times have changed. Theresa May, whose reign in the Home Office was long typified by stand-offs with the police and a hard line on immigration, has been seen as the “reformer” candidate. Don’t get me wrong; she’s the best Tory for the job…