I’m a London estate agency chairman – and I’m tired of talking about the same housing problems every month, writes Simon Gerrard

Last week’s news that housebuilding in London has dropped to its lowest level since 2009 should have rung alarm bells in Whitehall. Instead, it was met with the same muted response we’ve come to expect – just another bleak chapter in a long-running story of inertia in the London property market.

For those of us working on the frontlines of the housing market, this is not news. It’s the same story, told with slightly different headlines: demand is sky-high, supply is strangled and the government’s well-meaning answers are either half-baked or five years too late.

For months – let’s face it, years – we’ve all been saying the same thing. The market........

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