All Property Week articles in 08 August 2008
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Week 4: Understanding the Competencies
In this article I have focused on the specifics relating to the all important APC competencies that each and every APC candidate must follow.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Communication and negotiation
This should be easy to demonstrate, its what we do all the time, not only as Chartered Surveyors but in our daily lives. However, do we do it well?
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APC Advice - Week 6: Professional development
Jon Lever tackles the topic of professional development, while Ben Elder looks at the client care competency
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UK Coal gets green light for Pontefract scheme
UK Coal has got the go-ahead to redevelop the oldest mine site in Britain into a residential-led regeneration scheme.
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US lawsuit against Harcourt dismissed as Jersey scheme moves on
Harcourt Developments has had two claims filed against it in a Las Vegas court dismissed after a US judge ruled that the complaints could not be supported.
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Building land drops 20%
Residential building land, one of the core assets of most house builders, plummeted in value by 20% in the first six months of the year and could fall by up to 50pc before the current slump is over.
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Builders seek aid for first-time buyers
House builders are lobbying the government to set up a tax-free savings scheme for first-time buyers as a way of improving liquidity in the beleaguered mortgage markets.
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Tesco eyes £500m from sale and leaseback
Tesco is in talks to sell up to a dozen of its largest stores in a move that could raise up to £500m.
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Buyers spurn bargains as house price silde continues
Property bargains are increasing daily as sellers cut their asking prices in an attempt to make wary buyers commit in a slow summer market – but the mortgage drought and a loss of confidence among buyers means that few are taking advantage.
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Short-sellers stake £325m Persimmon
Short-sellers have staked more than £325m on Persimmon’s stock falling ahead of the housebuilder’s half-year results this week.
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NAEA to create free advertising website
The trade body that represents estate agents is to create its own free advertising website, a move that threatens to torpedo the business plans of its quoted rival Rightmove.
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Ulster property transactions grind to a halt
The gentrification of the mean streets of Belfast during Northern Ireland’s recent property surge has been the starkest manifestation of the region’s much vaunted peace dividend.
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Sainsbury Devon wooden to show its green credentials
The grocery chain J Sainsbury is to open its flagship green store in Dartmouth, Devon, which is expected to become the model for all its new supermarkets.
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British cities best at selling themselves
Britain’s regional cities are more successful at marketing themselves than several other European towns that may have more to offer in terms of assets ranging from tourist attractions to ease of access, according to a study published today by a branding consultancy.
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MWB tries again for hotel sale
Marylebone Warwick Balfour has started to sound out potential purchasers of Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, its boutique hotel chains - for the third time in 18 months - with a combined asking price of more than £650m.
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£521m Dunedin portfolio in danger of loan breach
Dunedin is in talks with Royal Bank of Scotland over a £521m industrial portfolio that will breach its banking covenants in September.
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HSBC enters Romania with €104m buy
HSBC’s European Active Real Estate Fund has completed its first property deal in Romania.
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Kaupthing-backed India fund buys second asset
A listed Indian infrastructure fund backed by Icelandic bank Kaupthing has bought its second asset.
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OnlinePM Gordon Brown tops out Scottish development in his Kirkcaldy hometown
Prime Minister Gordon Brown attended the topping out ceremony of an Evans Business Centre in Kirkcaldy, Scotland
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Sainsbury’s to relocate to Capital Shopping Centre’s Braehead Retail Park
Sainsbury’s has agreed a deal to move from Capital Shopping Centre’s Braehead shopping centre to a larger store at Capital’s Braehead Retail Park.
