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April 10, 2018
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Land banking is the practice whereby developers allegedly avoid building homes that they have planning permission for, preferring instead to sit on the land. By deliberately restricting the supply of housing, so the theory goes, developers  push up house prices allowing them to make even bigger profits in the future.

But does it really happen?

Local residents and politicians often cite land banking as the reason why not enough homes are being built.

The inconvenient truth for them, though, is that land banking just doesn't happen.

Paul Smith, our managing director, explains why in his latest article for Building magazine.

You can read it here.

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