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James Barton

City, Urban, Apartment Building

Affordable, but unviable: why it's time for a realistic approach to housing delivery

London in particular is suffering the impact of onerous affordable housing requirements

Rising interest rates could break the land market's bottleneck

With landowners no longer able to hold on to land indefinitely, rising interest rates will create opportunity for buyers

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Expert Reaction: Uncertainty in the market? Nothing that a dose of realism and innovation won’t solve

Landowners' unrealistic pricing expectations have prohibited quality development sites from coming forward

  • Landowners do not feel pressured to sell and many are sitting on sites while they wait out the ongoing period of uncertainty.