Another example here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's my full report: www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/lond...

Deputy mayor Tom Copley says “I’m quite confident, particularly as we go through this year, we’re going to see an uptick in terms of affordable housing delivery, and we are coming up with the next London Plan, which is going to absolutely have housing and growth at its heart."

The rise of single-family housing – institutional investment pouring into new-build houses in the suburbs – shows that private capital is willing to invest in housing. It’s just not willing to invest in high-rise flats because of all the risk.

“On the one hand more is demanded [of developers], but on the other side of the equation there’s less that can be offered, because the buildings that we’re producing now are a lot more complicated than they were 10-15 years ago,” says development consultant Nick Cuff

Higher interest rates and build cost inflation since 2020 eroded developers' profits. But one of the biggest challenges is the post-Grenfell Building Safety Regulator in 2024. The regulator has struggled to work through a backlog of applications and rejects over 70% of them

Sadiq Khan oversaw a boom in private housebuilding in London that peaked in 2019-20, with 45,676 net additions

Now the boom is over. Net additions are estimated at 31,800 for 2024-25 and will fall further as dire starts translate into completions

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