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Tenure change in London’s suburbs: Spreading gentrification or suburban upscaling?

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  • Antoine Paccoud

    (Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg
    London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)

  • Alan Mace

    (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)

Abstract

This article looks at the distribution of social upscaling across London linked to changes in tenure between 2001 and 2011. Against a background of discussions of suburban decline, it shows that there are a number of Outer London areas which have seen upscaling trajectories linked to the private rented sector. The analysis reveals that this particular type of upscaling was made possible by the variegation in the Outer London landscape: within a space dominated by early to mid-20th century semi-detached and terraced (row) housing, areas of distinctive architecture and excellent accessibility offer a diluted version of the metropolitan milieu gentrifiers seek in the inner city. Buy To Let gentrification in Outer London can thus be understood as an overspill by those uninterested in, or unable to access, ownership and priced out of high house price Inner London.

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  • Antoine Paccoud & Alan Mace, 2018. "Tenure change in London’s suburbs: Spreading gentrification or suburban upscaling?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(6), pages 1313-1328, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:55:y:2018:i:6:p:1313-1328
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098017712832
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