UK housing market analyst. Personal account.
Analysis and commentary at https://builtplace.com/
Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School.
Columnist for FT Weekend’s Money.
Neal Hudson
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If so, and do let me know if you figure out how to search for a map, then they've gone from having one of the best online planning portals in the country (beaten by Edinburgh) to one of the worst.
In April 2026, hedge fund titan Crispin Odey dropped a £79mn libel suit against this newspaper. But not before it unearthed a number of new claims about his misconduct – and provided unusual insight into the disgraced financier’s mind. ft.trib.al/wGfRM05
Minor thing but it looks like Manchester City council have changed their online system for searching planning applications and, as far as I can tell, there's now no way to search for an application via a map. @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
www.manchester.gov.uk/planning-and...
Back in 2000, I visited a school friend in Mumbai during the Easter holidays. His parents kindly sent me home to Delhi with a box of mangoes. Wasn’t quite sure how to deal with it at the airport but when I got to check in, I realised I was in a minority with just the one box.
Just doing my Friday morning trawl of websites looking for new housing reports and see that Labour Together has rebranded as Think Labour.
Bottom image looks like AI crap, which is a shame because the actual imagery does make the same point
earth.google.com/web/search/3...
Bottom image looks like AI crap, which is a shame because the actual imagery does make the same point
earth.google.com/web/search/3...
Challenges in the new build flat market:
Site in Birmingham was completed nine months ago according to a post on the developer's linkedin but 20 of the 111 flats are still unsold.
www.placemidlands.co.uk/savills-appo...
RICS residential market survey for April not looking great - tends to be weighted to top-end of the market, especially in London
"Sales market activity indicators remain firmly negative"
www.rics.org/content/dam/...
