Sunday, 25 October 2015

Business Rates: Hoorah! But Watch Out for Housing!

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Posted by Paul Cheshire and Christian Hilber, SERC and LSE  At last we have had a serious and radical policy change that really can improv...
Friday, 9 October 2015

The mothballing of SSI: Is all lost for Teesside?

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Posted by Maria Sanchez Vidal, SERC and  University of Barcelona Three weeks ago, SSI Redcar decided to mothball its Teesside steel plant...
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

SERC Urban and Regional Economics seminar series, Winter 2015

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Posted by Max Nathan (SERC) Like true academics, SERC took the summer off and tried to do some writing. We are now back in action with our...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Five Facts about Buy To Let

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Posted by Philippe Bracke, SERC and Bank of England  Buy-to-Let (BTL) investors are taking on an increasingly relevant role in the ...
Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Deep-rooted vested interests are to blame for our housing crisis

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Posted by Christian Hilber, LSE and SERC  The UK housing affordability crisis is a serious concern. A recent poll by Ipsos Mori found th...
Thursday, 28 May 2015

City Devolution

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[ Posted by Prof Henry G. Overman ] Following the Queen's speech my twitter feed is full of people expressing views for or against dev...
Friday, 22 May 2015

Are they Green *Belts* by Accident?

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Posted by Paul Cheshire, LSE and SERC  We Brits are a self-satisfied lot, and seem to assume that Green Belts are a splendid British inve...