The Walrus
Amnesia approach
So universal has our collective head-in-thesand strategy been, that it’s actually worked
Facing facts
It is disappointing that so little time is being devoted to housing during the party conference season although the crisis remains high on the political radar …
Market stress
Although there are conflicting signals from the main house price data indices, the market seems to be weakening
John Stewart’s Viewpoint - Grounds for
The planning system is the subject of yet more reforms; this time there are grounds for optimism that the new-look system will help achieve a step-change in ho…
Sing along to your favourite industry hits
You’ll have to know the chorus to realise exactly how Kurt Cobain felt about the dismal prospect of domestic incarceration in 21st century Watford prefabs, but…
Economics lesson
The forthcoming Office of Fair Trading inquiry will eat up precious resources which could be better put to increasing housing supply, but it will hopefully put…
With conkers and council housing back in vogue it is like the 70s all over again
If my own parents had denied me access to tree climbing, I would never have acquired the skills necessary to scale the lamp post to recover my plimsolls
A likely story
Now is the happy time, when we all go forward, shoulder to shoulder, heads in the clouds
