Tag: London housing
Storied London golf course poised to cut six holes to make room for housing
A storied north London golf course is moving ahead on its plan to shrink its current 36-hole layout and to use the extra land to build houses. Corlon Properties, a London-based developer, is proposing to carve up more than a third of the links at the Sunningdale Golf and Country Club for a 51-hectare (126-acre) […]
The LFP Podcast, ep. 180: Is a ‘flex haus’ the fix to housing affordability in London?
Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with Jonathan Juha about a unique home design that may help ease the local housing affordability crisis.
As interest rates rise, small-time landlords look to sell off homes
Higher interest rates that have kept first-time homebuyers from entering the local housing market have now started to force mom-and-pop investors in London to sell their properties as their mortgage costs go up.
Politicians endorse three projects that will add 1,150 new London homes
Politicians endorse three projects that will add 1,150 new London homes
Builder bets on ‘flex haus’ concept to ease London’s housing affordability crisis
A new type of starter home is beginning to pop up in London â one that comes with the promise of helping priced-out first-time homebuyers finally break into the housing market.
Flooding fears latest flashpoint in south London infill frustrations
A 28-unit townhouse complex proposed on Upper Queen Street could aggravate area storm runoff and flooding issues, some residents fear.
New rules coming for London landlords as ‘renoviction’ bylaw backed
London city council took a big step Tuesday to protect Londoners from bad-faith “renovictions,” approving the drafting of a bylaw that will place new conditions on landlords and leaving the door open for requiring them to provide displaced tenants with another place to stay. City council voted unanimously to advance the licensing and professional approval […]
Amid housing debate, one landlord gets bluntly honest: ‘I’m a profiteer’
A London landlord’s public comments that he’s a “profiteer” opposed to tougher rules to protect renters has riled city politicians who are leading the push for city hall to approve such a bylaw.
Five towers, 1,155 apartments planned along rapid transit corridors
Several apartment towers totalling more than 1,000 units have been endorsed unanimously by city politicians, with one calling them a perfect example of what they expect near London’s bus rapid transit lines.
Home building takes off in London, more than doubling 2023 pace
Home construction in London has more than doubled in 2024 over one year prior with builders are breaking ground to meet demand, newly released city hall figures show. The city issued permits this year to the end of June for 1,565 new homes, more than double the total of 601 for the first six months […]