Yes, hundreds of thousands of homes are being built, i a field near everyone. Are they solving any kind of housing crisis? Is it not common knowledge that the developer sticks up some ‘social housing’ at the far end of the estate to get the planning through? Will any of them still be standing in 60 or 70 years time? Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, most of the actual council houses built after the war are still there, in pretty much every village and town in Britain. Case rested.
“John Lewis foray into BTR could result in losses of £57m”
I did predict a while ago that Waitrose Homes rather than Waitrose Home Deliveries could be the future. John Lewis were probably the most benign big business to decide to go into the housing rental market, a move which could swing things away from the unpredictability of the mass of private landlords who dominate the sector.
