House prices in London seminar

Following on from our latest working paper House prices in London: an economic analysis of London’s housing market, this seminar featured contributions from distinguished experts in this field and invited competing views on the impacts of housing on London’s wider economy.
This event was aimed at policy-makers, economic analysts, researchers and other stakeholders interested in understanding the causes and consequences of high house prices in London.

The slides from the event are available to download by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

Chair
Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor

Speakers
Professor Paul Cheshire, LSE: ‘The economic effects of land use planning’
Professor David Miles, Imperial: ‘House prices, credit and the wider economy’
Joel Marsden, GLA Economics: ‘An economic analysis of London’s housing market’

Panelists
Toby Lloyd, Head of Policy, Shelter UK
Richard Blyth, Head of Policy and Practice, RTPI
Kathleen Scanlon, Research Fellow, LSE