Can Andy Burnham fix Britain’s housing crisis?
The likely new PM will have to face a building industry in the doldrums, stagnating property prices and buyers put off moving by tax. We lay out his options.

The likely new PM will have to face a building industry in the doldrums, stagnating property prices and buyers put off moving by tax. We lay out his options.
Black Brick Managing Partner Camilla Dell was quoted in PrimeResi’s analysis of the potential property market implications of Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster as MP for Makerfield, and his emergence as frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader — and potentially Prime Minister.
Black Brick Founder and Managing Partner Camilla Dell, was recently quoted in a piece exploring the growing range of alternatives to traditional property buying, from AI-powered search platforms and auction purchases, to off-plan developments and buying agents.
Buying agency matching platform ‘First In The Door’, has introduced a new accreditation mark — the Prime Property Seal of Accreditation™ — designed to help homebuyers identify trusted advisors in the prime property market.
For optimistic thinkers, London’s market in mid-2026 represents a real opportunity to acquire best-in-class property at realistic prices — a view we wholeheartedly share (writes Camilla Dell, founder of Black Brick).
When it comes to the question of whether historic blue plaques add meaningful value to London properties, Black Brick’s Camilla Dell offers a clear-eyed verdict.
Some property experts have suggested that optimistic house price figures may be masking a deterioration in market conditions.
Buying agency Black Brick has boosted its London-based team with three new recruits.
Black Brick’s Founder and Managing Partner, Camilla Dell, wrote an article for the Financial Times, discussing how geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East is influencing the decisions of internationally mobile high-net-worth individuals.
The lights are on across London’s Mayfair and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but a large number of property owners are not home.
The property magnate Nick Candy has sold his mansion in Chelsea, southwest London, for more than £265 million, in what is believed to be the most expensive ever house sale in UK, if not the world.
Even in an expensive city like London, the sale of an apartment for almost $80 million raises eyebrows.