Rami Holzman

Real estate and demographic data lover and urbanist.

[Rami Holzman @ramiholzman]

@SeanODowd15 Similar in the UK. We actually have a large demand for people wanting to get into trades such as bricklayers. One big issue is the lack of teachers. You make ~$25,000 less a year teaching Vs being on a site bricklaying for example.

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@SeanODowd15 @SFR_Investor @moseskagan Yep the wages are absolutely atrocious. A lot of things are slow in this country, there's little innovation or growth. £100k a year is considered very good money yet in the South doesn't buy you much. Expensive for people to have kids etc.

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@SeanODowd15 Wow, never knew this. Wonder if it's possible in England.

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@SeanODowd15 @Cashflowaddictt I presume machine learning/image recognition would be an issue given tree/shrub coverage obscuring imagery, causing unknowns for some properties?

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@moseskagan London is the same. Wages are much lower though than in US. Government also prefers family sized housing (3+ bed) so it's hard to build lots of small affordable units for single people/couples without kids. It's like NYC, even well paid people rent a room in a house

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@seandsweeney Would love to see something similar in England, it's so hard though since many governments here mandate outdoor amenity space and parking for each unit. Not to mention zoning/getting permission would be incredibly hard. NIMBYISM is strong here.

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@russellcurtis @NathanpmYoung I'm curious about the impact of allowing dev. 0.5 miles of railway stations. It's wild how underdeveloped many areas are despite being on commuter lines to major employment centres. Plus how little density parts of London etc. have, even 3-4 story density would have a big impact.

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@searchbound Say you own a seasonal domain, would you start with a particular industry/sector first (nationwide) or a location (one city)? I'm leaning on focusing on a city first and try and build up brand recognition in that area first?

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@yimbyalliance I wonder if this includes new flats as part of the extension or just extending existing homes? Increasing housing stock, perhaps allowing for independent multigenerational living. Make it basically PD and there'd be a profit incentive for homeowners to create new flats.

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@BobKnakal I find land assembly absolutely fascinating! Love hearing these stories.

I'm working on my own development site location app and mini map room for London and other English cities to map out infill/backland and assembly parcels. I hope I can make it half as cool as your map room.

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@tomhfh Existing land use in many towns/cities is appalling also. So much is just retail or industrial. Should be able to build up to 4-6 storeys 0.5 mile from stations, no objections, you can't argue about character of an area if it's industrial/retail currently. Residential is priority

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@s8mb By-right development up to 6 storeys (I'd settle for 4) 0.5 miles from stations. Our existing land use around most stations is appalling. Mostly industrial, retail and low density residential. Implement design code/standards if needed to ensure stronger support from locals.

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@ianvisits We really need more favourable policies towards transit orientated development. Even allowing up to 4 storeys within 0.5 miles of stations by-right development would be huge. Many areas have appalling land use around stations, mostly industrial, retail or low density residential.

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@TheMurkyDepths By right development around stations would be incredible but would likely never happen.

The existing land use of many places around stations is appalling. Industrial and retail with no/low density residential.

It's depressing looking at satellite imagery of existing places.

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@moseskagan @aarmlovi So many places have appalling land use. Even major commuter towns to London and other cities. Either low density residential, fields or like in my image attached it's just industrial/retail. Even in London, NIMBYs fight hard against redevelopment density projects by stations.

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@samofsamshire Density, near public transport, decent design and greenery is a great combination.

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@Sam_Dumitriu By right development half a mile from train/tube stations please. For areas that have terraced homes allow mansards and additional stories. You should be able to knock down a detached house (or buy two semis and knock down) and redevelop at any density half a mile from stations.

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@GrulkeLamonte Nothing to offer other than a lovely home! Detached homes aren't the norm here in England and especially not at ~£160k! I'd love to build homes like this at that price point. Affordable and quality is what's desperately needed.

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@moseskagan England planning process/NIMBYs it's hard in to knock down a house (not that there's many detached homes) and build flats. Converting a house to flats is easier. How would you mitigate supply constraints here? Most conversions are sold as flats and not held as multifamily though.

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@neilquinn @moseskagan @shawngorham Here nothing is developable by right. We have loose guidelines for what they might allow, but sadly not as straightforward as you can build xyz on this land. Certain areas are better than others. Higher supply of homes in the US but lower risk given zoning changes as you mention