Centre for Cities finds room for 1.2 million more homes around stations in Britain's 12 largest cities

Centre for Cities research reported on 2 September estimates Britain's 12 largest cities could hold 1.2 million more homes near inner-city stations if densities matched French and Japanese equivalents, with London short by more than 500,000. Density here does not reliably rise near stations — in Sheffield and Liverpool it is lower near them than further out. For buyers, this measures how much supply sits latent around existing transport, not homes being built. Nothing changes for sellers today.