Third year as a delegate and sponsor of LREF and I?m walking
around the pavilion this morning and it's buzzing. Busier than
ever. It's exhausting. Everyone knows everyone. It reminds me
of just how small the London market is. Outside Berkeley Square is
full of people hiding, taking a rest before re-joining the foray,
and I don't blame them.
This is my first blog. I've never done one before (Facebook
is still something I aspire to getting round to) and I thought I
would comment on two themes that come to mind following a great
couple of days talking to exhibitors, developers, policy makers and
advisors at LREF 2107.
The first is that the aspiration to deliver more homes at an
affordable price in London remains, quite rightly, at the top of
the agenda for policy makers and public sector landowners. Indeed
the various speeches and presentations delivered so far by many of
our most senior industry leaders suggest that the aspiration to
deliver is moving from aspiration
