With continuing demand for housing across the UK, both to buy and rent, we are looking for new sites in all areas and work in collaboration with landowners and local authorities to achieve the best value for all parties. We will consider mixed use opportunities, closed factories, derelict buildings of…
As we approach the implementation of Article 50, whereby we will see the beginning of the UK’s separation from its ties with EU, what does this mean for the property market and, in particular, housing? Whether we as a nation are part of the EU or not, people still need…
Original article written by Stephen Fear for the Bristol Post on 4th January 2017 (also featured on SouthWestBusiness.co.uk on 6th January 2017): Stephen Fear, of the Fear Group, takes a closer look at the city’s need for new homes HOUSING, and the provision of private and publicly owned affordable homes,…
The United Kingdom is, geographically, quite a small country, however what might surprise many people is that over 90% of it has no buildings on it whatsoever. This includes roads, railways, houses, offices, factories and everything else you can think of! Less than 10% is actually built on! There is…
According to a report in The Economist the American Housing Market is the world’s largest asset class, worth $26 trillion, more that America’s entire stock market. If Donald Trump really wants to build a wall then perhaps he should dig up the dollars buried beneath the surface in this massive…
We hear that 85000 new homes will be needed in the Bristol area by 2035. I do not think this is anywhere near enough, but more importantly than that, where will they go? Building on brown field sites often takes away land that could be used for job creation. A…
We asked some of the countries leading entrepreneurs to open their own red briefcase and tell us what they’d be announcing if they were in charge today. Dr Stephen Fear, English businessman, serial entrepreneur and founder of Fear Group “Last March the annual investment allowance was increased to £500,000 in…
Original article written by Stephen Fear and was featured on The London Economic on 6th February 2015: A home is somewhere we can be ourselves. Somewhere we can dress how we like, slob out on the sofa with an Indian takeaway, or watch exactly what we like on TV! Sadly…
Later this week board members and other supporters of South West Housing Initiative will be coming together to mark the contribution of Martin Willey to its work over the last ten years. He was not alone in understanding the important link between sustained investment in housing which is affordable and…