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Solving Britain’s housing crisis
If there is one topic that over the past decade has steadily climbed up the ladder of political priorities, it is housing.
Planning
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Property perestroika
The British seem to be fixated with house prices and follow the development of the property market like the weather report or the latest football results.
Capital
Das britische Wirtschaftswunder – Schein oder Nichtschein?
Der Diplomat denkt, er habe das große Los gezogen.
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Vorsprung durch Technik – learning from German planning
If Britain cannot shift the balance towards more local incentives and decision-making in planning, then good and affordable housing will remain something that the British will only be able to …
Die Welt
Kein eigen Heim, Glück allein
Die Exzesse auf dem britischen Immobilienmarkt gründen auf fehlendem Wettbewerb der Kommunen um Einwohner.
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A house price nightmare
The current mortgage crisis in the US was exacerbated – and at least partly caused – by restrictive town planning policies.
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Planning against growth
Thinking about the planning system, the first thing that comes to mind is planning for housing.
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Time to rethink the national green belt policy
What kind of country is England?
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Wasteland
The current planning system is an outdated straitjacket on economic growth, contends Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich of Policy Exchange
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Open up the land and build a more prosperous future
WHAT makes a country rich? Reading British newspapers, the impression one could get is that ever-rising property prices contribute a great deal to our economic prosperity.