Analysis

Vital Signs: The De Montfort report

17 May 2013

De Montfort lending report shows signs of optimism for first time in seven years. Mike Phillips reports

Alter egos

10 May 2013

Housebuilder doyen Tony Pidgley and super-prime pioneer Nick Candy share views on friendship, envy, rivalry — and taking a battering from the press. Mike Phillips reports. Portrait by Matt Leete

Interactive Timeline: UK retailers in administration

2 May 2013

The last couple of years have been pretty bleak for UK retailers, with over a dozen well-known high street brands going into administration since the recession kicked in. Here’s a timeline to put it all into perspective.

Signs of encouragement for risk takers beyond safe havens

26 April 2013

The unfolding crisis in Cyprus produced a more cautious mood in March, but sentiment towards prime UK property has been barely affected, Cushman & Wakefield’s latest UK Capital Markets monthly briefing has found.

Industry: Thatcher drove change

12 April 2013

Property’s leaders share views and anecdotes of UK’s first woman prime minister, who died this week.

Legionella comes to town

5 April 2013

The potentially deadly legionella bacterium has been found in the water supply of a central London block of flats. Sarah Townsend reports

Our houses … in the middle of our streets

28 March 2013

Is it madness or could retail-to-residential conversion be the answer to Britain’s housing and high street problems? Emma Haslett reports

Budget 2013: The industry reacts

21 March 2013

Following Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget announcement, Property Week takes a look at how the industry has reacted.

Vincent Vindicated

15 March 2013

As his brother, Robert, returns to MIPIM two years after their arrest, Vincent Tchenguiz recalls their most famous Cannes deals — and reveals why he is fighting on with his £200m claim against the SFO. Mike Phillips reports. Photographs by David Levene

Mersey mission

8 March 2013

Lord Heseltine, veteran of Liverpool’s regeneration, is spearheading government’s “No Stone Unturned” initiative to revive the regions. David Hatcher met him. Portrait by Matt Leete

No more fears: Salary Survey results revealed

22 February 2013

This year’s RICS and Macdonald & Company salary and benefits survey reveals that the UK’s property professionals have more job security and are showing greater ambition. Angela Jameson reports

Downward yield pressure presages more sales before Easter

15 February 2013

The average level of prime yields edged down in January to 5.84% — the most positive position since July 2011.

Parlous of Westminster

15 February 2013

Leaking roofs, burning wires and riddled with rodents, the UK’s glorious seat of government is crumbling more quickly than the coalition. Sarah Townsend asks how much it would cost to fix and where parliament would sit in the meantime

Sevens up

15 February 2013

Calling all rugby players and fans! Sign up for the property industry’s best rugby event: the National Surveyors Rugby Sevens

50 not out: Martin Myers' half-century in property

8 February 2013

After a half-century in property, riding four booms and busts, Martin Myers is diversifying — just as he predicts the start of a new cycle. Giles Barrie reports. Photography by David Vintiner

Identity Charade

1 February 2013

The property industry’s poor record on employing anyone other than white, expensively educated men, is long overdue a radical reform. Hardeep Sandher reports

Offices push market towards recovery

1 February 2013

CBRE returns to top of table as increase in office transactions helps lift total value of sales beyond 2011 total

Captains for hire

25 January 2013

More and more top-flight property professionals are “going plural” and taking non-executive roles on a range of boards. David Hatcher reports

Wild card

18 January 2013

Achilleas Kallakis has been found guilty of fraudulently obtaining £740m in property loans from Allied Irish bank. Patrick Gower reveals how the World Series poker player and property tycoon bluffed his way to the top — only to spectacularly crash

Central London starts 2013 on a positive note

11 January 2013

We take a look at the take-up, demand, supply and rents in central London

Hottie 100: A definitive list of the best looking people in property

21 December 2012

Have a look at Ludgate’s tongue-in-cheek list of the hottest property professionals around

Hottie 100 (A-B)

21st December - Tablet edition

Following the publication of Property Week’s Hot 100, a list of the rising stars in the industry, Ludgate is proud to present the Hottie 100, a tongue-in-cheek list of the best looking people in property.

Hottie 100 (C-F)

21st December - Tablet edition

Following the publication of the Hot 100, a list of the rising stars in the industry, Ludgate is proud to present the Hottie 100, a tongue-in-cheek list of the best looking people in property.

Hottie 100 (H-K)

21st December - Tablet edition

Following the publication of the Hot 100, a list of the rising stars in the industry, Ludgate is proud to present the Hottie 100, a tongue-in-cheek list of the best looking people in property.

Hottie 100 (L-M)

21st December - Tablet edition

Following the publication of the Hot 100, a list of the rising stars in the industry, Ludgate is proud to present the Hottie 100, a tongue-in-cheek list of the best looking people in property.

Hottie 100 (R-S)

21st December - Tablet edition

Following the publication of Property Week’s Hot 100, a list of the rising stars in the industry, Ludgate is proud to present the Hottie 100, a tongue-in-cheek list of the best looking people in property.

From Ireland's crash to Scottish ballads, via France and Walden Pond

14 December 2012

The most powerful, horrifying and entertaining novel so far to come out of the banking and property disaster, The Devil I Know , is — not surprisingly — set in Ireland.

Farmland enjoys record growth despite lean year

7 December 2012

English farmland has outperformed most other mainstream asset classes during the past 10 years, recording capital growth of almost 200%.

Chipper Christmas

30 November 2012

As the Christmas lights were switched on in Chippenham last week, Kat Spybey returned to Property Week’s “adopted” high street

Beckwith’s back in the market

23 November 2012

Veteran developer Peter Beckwith and sidekick Ed Jones are regenerating Soho’s “gritty” Berwick Street market. James Whitmore reports. Photographs by David Levene

Property investors prefer London to ville de l’amour

23 November 2012

London is more attractive than Paris to global real estate investors. A new report by Henderson Global Investors examines why.

Pillars of society

09 November 2012

A merger between London & Stamford and Metric would reunite the Pillar Property team, create a huge £850m REIT — but spell the end of veteran Raymond Mould’s illustrious property career. James Whitmore reports

PW Investigation: Crisis over retail collapses

2 November 2012

Irate landlords and councils are buckling under the burden of £1bn of losses caused by a litany of “scandalous” retailer prepacks and CVAs. Rachel Hunter reports

PW Investigation: Crisis over retail collapses

02 November 2012

Irate landlords and councils are buckling under the burden of £1bn of losses caused by a litany of “scandalous” retailer prepacks and CVAs. Rachel Hunter reports

Two more years of pain

26 October 2012

The government’s shock decision to delay next year’s rating revaluation will heap further misery on struggling occupiers. Patrick Gower reports

Future of town centres depends on state of independents

19 October 2012

Latest figures point to precarious position of high streets worsening. By Matthew Hopkinson

On the Shopping Block

19 October 2012

In a bid to deleverage and raise new equity, Capital Shopping Centres plans to sell stakes in its portfolio and capitalise on overseas appetite for prime retail property. Kat Spybey reports

The Big Think

12 October 2012

Property Week, Mishcon de Reya, Central and Derwent London bring together thought leaders to tackle the future of London. Lucy Scott reports. Photographs by Jon Cardwell

Drowning by numbers

05 October 2012

Greece has €300bn of debt. Spain needs €60bn to recapitalise its banks. France has introduced a further €10bn of public spending cuts. What does the eurozone debt crisis mean for property? David Hatcher answers the key questions

Bumping up interest rate would prove fruitful for everyone

28 September 2012

One of my mother’s favourite stories of my early childhood days was when the country was living under conditions of austerity but for very different reasons than today.

Take back keys from flops like JJB Sports

28 September 2012

The imminent takeover by Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct of the rump of ailing northern-focused JJB Sports — retail’s latest prepack administration — has had an air of grim inevitability all year.

Lib Dem London homes policy is hard to swallow

21 September 2012

Only 7% of Property Week readers would vote Liberal Democrat in a general election held today, a PropertyWeek.com poll found this week.

New-look Supergroup board turns its attention to women

21 September 2012

The retail sector has helped the wider stock market test its year highs, and no stock in the industry has done better in recent months than Supergroup.

Without a radical rethink, retail property is sunk

21 September 2012

The great sparkling success of the summer achieved on the back of hard work and fair play seems to have struck a resonance in the property world.

Property Champions League

14 September 2012

LandAid and Property Week and have teamed up for the third annual Property Champions League.

Stansted is only viable location for London's new runways

07 September 2012

In this reshuffle week — and with the replacement of Justine Greening as transport secretary — one of the issues that continues to dominate the media is the ongoing row over runway capacity in the south-east and, in particular, the need for a third at Heathrow.

Greek tragedy

31 August 2012

The Greek government has a property plan to get the country back on its feet. Words and pictures by Kat Spybey in Athens

Tax and chaos: independent Scotland’s only certainties

24 August 2012

Scotland got back to business last week while the rest of the UK headed off on their post-Olympic holidays.

London's Burning Question

17 August 2012

The capital’s prime residential prices are creeping upwards and inexperienced developers are jumping on the bandwagon. Nick Johnstone asks if over-exuberance could cause an already red-hot market to overheat.

King of Clubs: Stephen Thomas

03 August 2012

Stephen Thomas plans to take clubbing back to its entertainment roots with new venture No Saints. Kat Spybey catches up with him the morning after he pulled an all-nighter in Birmingham. Portrait by Tim Foster

A smart revolution

27 July 2012

A new movement that combines technology and property is sweeping the global development scene. Sarah Townsend investigates

Mall tales, Mumbai and murder on your midsummer reading list

27 July 2012

This summer’s books are all “holiday reads”, which will not only entertain, but also carry us away from the bad weather.

HOT 100: 30-1

20 July 2012

30 - Tom Leeming, partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Investors celebrate niche sector’s good health

20 July 2012

Property Week Analytics report reveals how healthcare property is moving into the mainstream

"The anti-Trump who shows his stuff on the street"

13 July 2012

To the chagrin of long-established developers, Manhattan has become Extell Island.

GRANDSTAND DESIGNS

13 July 2012

From colossal structures to stadia that prompted widespread regeneration, can the London legacy compare with that of past Olympic sites? Victoria Ellaway reports

Never Never Land

13 July 2012

The Olympics and planning reforms are giving investors inflated hopes of making a quick buck. Sarah Stewart reports.

Barclays debacle may yet come back to bite us

6 July 2012

Scandal at Barclays has dominated the headlines this week, so what are the implications for property?

Three property scenarios in eurozone crisis

6 July 2012

Scenario 1: muddling through

Deals of the downturn

29 June 2012

The financial crisis has raged on now for five years, but a few savvy property investors found gems in the gloom. Mike Phillips reports

Big baskets are getting smaller: it’s all a matter of convenience

15 June 2012

Another week has gone by with the food retailers expressing just how tough life is out there.

No way back for the high street

15 June 2012

Colliers International’s Midsummer Retail Report 2012 paints its bleakest picture yet: if shops stay boarded up, bulldozing may be best bet. David Hatcher reports

Agency 2012- European and Worldwide Turnover

8 June 2012

Alternative energy

8 June 2012

David Hatcher talks to 12 small agencies that broke away from the “corporate beast” in the depths of the property crash. Photography by Tom Campbell

I’m with the brand …

1 June 2012

Shopping centre landlords are jumping on the brandwagon to try to leverage their profiles and achieve the “Westfield effect”. Kat Spybey reports

Positivity in store for self-storage sector

25 May 2012

Self-storage operators are reporting continued resilience in the sector, despite the challenging economic conditions.

Back into the black

11 May 2012

Years of losses, mounting debt, a costly workforce and a pensions black hole have forced UK Coal to bet its future on the success of its newly spun-off property arm, Harworth Estates. James Whitmore reports

Deutsche Bank’s global real estate update

27 April 2012

Deleveraging: effects on markets around the world

Lucinda Bell - finance director at British Land

27 April 2012

Bell joined the REIT in 2001 as head of tax and accounting.

Frustrated US investor steers European REITs in right direction

20 April 2012

When the world’s largest REIT investor tells the European listed sector it needs to change, chief executives across the continent should sit up and take notice.

London's Mayoral Manifestos

20 April 2012

In part three of our series examining the issues affecting London’s mayoral election, Patrick Gower scrutinises the four main candidates’ policies and compares Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson’s battle plans two weeks before Londoners cast their votes

City, financial services and regulation key to UK’s survival: City Property Association's annual luncheon

13 April 2012

The City Property Association teamed up with Property Week for its annual luncheon, at the City’s Guildhall Great Hall on 27 March.

Harry Potter and the Development Manager

13 April 2012

Landid co-founders Trevor Silver and Stephen Morgan were tasked with working their development magic on the creation of Warner Bros’ Harry Potter film studios visitor attraction in Watford. Sarah Stewart reports. Photographs by Tim Foster

Lack of investment activity masks upward pressure on yields

13 April 2012

Prime yields were broadly stable at an average of 5.76% in March, but three subsectors — smaller market town retail, secondary retail and regional out-of-town offices — were under increasing pressure.

Down and out in peril in London

05 April 2012

In part two of our series examining the issues affecting London’s mayoral election, David Hatcher talks to campaigners and fund managers pioneering an alternative investment solution to the capital’s homeless problem

Colliers prepack ensures mid-table security

30 March 2012

First DTZ, now Colliers International. One by one agency’s quoted names are collapsing into insolvency — the victims of debts incurred during ill-advised expansion in the boom (finance).

London Election 2012 interviews: Johnson controls

30 March 2012

Over the next three weeks, Property Week will be exploring London’s hotly contested mayoral election. Today, Hardeep Sandher meets Boris Johnson. Photographs by Tom Campbell

Banks drag their feet over buy-in to NewBuy

23 March 2012

As mad dashes go, this month’s apparent scramble to launch the NewBuy mortgage plan took some beating. In the end, only three banks and the half-dozen largest housebuilders signed up for the 95% loan scheme when it launched on 12 March. But the builders, the banks, housing minister Grant Shapps and prime minister David Cameron appeared to be singing from different hymn sheets.

Property’s head should rule its heart at Heathrow

23 March 2012

Heathrow third runway or Thames Estuary airport?

Adrian Wyatt: Sustainable business is the only business

16 March 2012

“If the choice is between cooking alive and wasting money unnecessarily, I would rather waste some money, because long before we cook, we are going to kill each other if we don’t deal with climate change.”

Risk-takers are key to unlocking future lending in cautious climate

16 March 2012

One of the questions I am frequently asked these days is who will be active in the provision of senior debt in the future.

We must change our behaviour, not just our light bulbs

16 March 2012

It is estimated that commercial property accounts for around 18% of the UK’s carbon emissions, and we have been acutely aware of the need for action for some time.

Another property boom and bust is inevitable

09 March 2012

There have been three serious financial crises in the course of my career, and all of them have been rooted in a boom-and-bust property cycle.

Still going strong: An interview with CBRE's Mike Strong

09 March 2012

“I’ve always felt that the market was likely to be dominated by four or five big players, like in accountancy. It hasn’t quite happened in property agency yet, but it’s now starting to move that way.”

Enter Milan: Westfield's latest retail venture

02 March 2012

Westfield has joined forces with footballer-turned-retailer Antonio Percassi to open Italy’s largest mall. Kat Spybey reports from fashion capital Milan

Leader: “There has been bitchiness about Irvine Sellar’s Shard in London”

02 March 2012

With Property Week readers following news from MIPIM on iPhone, iPad and laptops over the next week, today we revert to a magazine, rather than newspaper style, for our first international special of 2012.

Arcadia’s top man is about to turn the screws on landlords

17 February 2012

Sir Philip Green prides himself not only on his relationship with the press, but also his understanding of it.

Talk is cheap: time to simplify tax system and stimulate growth

10 February 2012

The property industry serves the nation’s families, businesses and industries. A healthy property industry depends on a healthy economy that creates wealth, employs people and sells what it makes at home and abroad.

CITY VIEW: Goings-on at London & Stamford become curiouser and curiouser

20 January 2012

What is going on at London & Stamford Property?

Medicine men: Inside the Wellcome Trust's investment strategy

13 January 2012

How does the investment division of a medical charity consistently outperform the rest of the market? Mike Phillips spoke to the Wellcome Trust’s Danny Truell and Peter Pereira Gray to find out

INTELLIGENCE: Jones Lang LaSalle’s new year forecast

06 January 2012

Jones Lang LaSalle’s annual property predictions paint a cautious picture of the year ahead and few chinks of light are expected to shine through. Here are the most notable findings:

UK’s year to remember could be overshadowed by world economy

06 January 2012

They say 2012 will be a year to remember and they’re not wrong. The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee will guarantee some spectacular exposure for London and the whole of the UK, arguably doing what we have always done better than anyone: putting on a great show.

Little England or stable Europe? Cameron’s role was ‘appalling’

16 December 2011

It is that time when we review the 12 months gone and look forward to the year ahead.

Meanwhile London: We have lift off!

16 December 2011

Property Week, Boris Johnson and Newham Council’s Meanwhile London competition moves closer to fruition as all four winners gear up to start work on site in the new year. Lee Mallett reports

Some light and not-so-light reading to place under the tree this year

16 December 2011

The property crash continued to provide material for Alan Glynn in his latest novel Bloodland, a follow-up to 2009’s Winterland.

Two-dimensional data reveal unseen retail detail

16 December 2011

Although it has been lower than in previous years, investment in retail and leisure continued in 2011.

DTZ wakes up from three-year nightmare

9 December 2011

How can a business that turned over £347m last year be worth nothing? Answer: if it is DTZ and has let a solid global operating business become swamped by debt.

INTELLIGENCE Cushman & Wakefield prime yields

9 December 2011

Christmas crunchtime for retail sector

Mary, Mary, how will your high street grow?

9 December 2011

The “queen of shops” is due to give her answer as early as next week, when she reveals her retail rescue package. Kat Baker reports

€208,000 on golf balls: inside the wacky world of Anglo Irish

2 December 2011

Can a single bank cause a whole country’s economy to collapse? That is the question that Simon Carswell, finance correspondent at the Irish Times, attempts to answer with his new book .

Revert to fundamentals to survive murky market

2 December 2011

The outlook for us all in the world of property is challenging, as austerity measures bite, concerns about global demand and sovereign debt endure, and prospects for the economy and employment continue to be downgraded. 

“Mortgage REITs” can come to the rescue

25 November 2011

Monday’s Association of Property Bankers conference, held in association with Property Week, was among the most sombre events of this year.

Christmas will be tough, but real crunch will come in March 2012

25 November 2011

Christmas 2011 promises to be the most important moment in retail trading for many years.

There is a light that will go out: London's energy crisis

25 November 2011

London’s insatiable appetite for bigger and brighter buildings is putting unsustainable pressure on the capital’s energy supply. Nick Johnstone reports

Emerald geezers: Green Property's Stephen Vernon and Pat Gunne

18 November 2011

Green Property’s Stephen Vernon and Pat Gunne are among just a handful of asset managers to be entrusted with UK and Irish banks’ portfolios. David Hatcher spoke to them about their strategy.

Interest-hungry ‘Pac-Man’ notes stalk high street retailers

18 November 2011

In the dying months of the credit bubble billions of pounds worth of deals were put together with the help of a new form of financing — payment-in-kind (PIK) notes.

We want customer service, not lip service in retail

18 November 2011

Plenty of landlords have talked a good game on working closer with retailers, but few have made genuine changes.

Australians should leave DTZ to rebuild alone

11 November 2011

What a week for DTZ. On Monday it hit rock bottom, and many staff were among shareholders who saw their investment wiped out

Greek tragedy dashes hopes of a ‘golden quarter’

11 November 2011

After widespread increases in September, prime yields were largely stable in October.

Ryanair and musical chairs show how to get stagnant market moving

11 November 2011

It feels as though everything in the UK, and the property market, has ground to a halt

Use business hiatus to recalibrate our industry around customers

11 November 2011

There is no question that we are entering uncharted territory for the world of property funding.

Cameron has been ‘crass and insensitive’ over eurozone revolt

4 November 2011

Markets have woken up to the realisation that the deal was not the end, nor was it even the beginning of the end of the euro affair.

Ownership issues put Stamford Bridge in troubled water

4 November 2011

It seems that there are some things that even Roman Abramovich cannot buy — at least for now.

Feedback: Nothing gained without venture capital

28 October 2011

Sir, Ed Miliband and the Labour Party may not much like entrepreneurs and private equity, but the property industry and the government should be glad we are around.

King Sturge takeover powers Jones Lang LaSalle to market dominance

28 October 2011

Only Jones Lang LaSalle can hold its head up proudly after reading the latest PropertyData Quarterly Investment tables, released this week.

Recession lessons from a former ‘junk bond king’

28 October 2011

Britain’s best-known developer, Gerald Ronson, and American superstar financier Michael Milken have a lot in common.

Too much “Pesto” leaves housebuilders

28 October 2011

Housebuilders may have invented a new instrument to gauge the health of the housing market: the “Pesto-meter”. Greg Fitzgerald, chief executive of Galliford Try, recently told analysts and investors that while the BBC’s lugubrious business editor Robert Peston’s appearances remain limited to once a week, his board feels OK. “Four times a week and we’re all doomed”.

Feedback: betting on smaller companies will shorten odds of recovery

21 October 2011

Few spare a thought for SMEs, but it is these companies that the government hopes will pull the economy up by its bootstraps.

International rescue

21 October 2011

How do you begin to weigh up the risks and rewards of investing outside your home territory in a world where the US almost defaulted on its debt covenants and the eurozone is constantly on the verge of breaking up?

The only route to recovery is to build

21 October 2011

UK gilt yields are down to levels last seen in the 1890s: 10-year conventional gilts yield less than 3% and index-linked offer zero real yields

It's make or break for Superdry on Regent Street

14 October 2011

The founder of SuperGroup has made little secret of his belief that his Superdry fashion label has the potential to be a global fashion brand.

Relight the fire

14 October 2011

The Property Week/Berwin Leighton Paisner Big Debate asked: “How can development be revived?”

Yields edge up as sentiment takes a nosedive

14 October 2011

The UK property market has suffered its first widespread increase in prime yields since early 2009 because of uncertainty caused by the eurozone debt crisis.

Lessons from punk era shed light on Greek crisis

7 October 2011

The “punk years” is how one top property banker described the global lending picture to us this week

Voyages of discovery

7 October 2011

Six surveyors travelled the world this summer through a global internship scheme. Christine Eade hears their experiences in the latest in our series of monthly 1st Friday articles for young people in property

Arab Winter: revolutions slow Middle East recovery

30 September 2011

Middle Eastern economies ground to a halt during the Arab Spring and now face months of uncertainty

Interview: Brookfield's Ric Clark in London

30 September 2011

Brookfield property chief Ric Clark touches down in London to start on a City tower — and look out for takeover targets

Merkel seeks salvation with German Open-ended real estate funds

30 September 2011

But can Germany’s open-ended real estate funds deliver?

BCSC reveals retail’s uphill progress

23 September 2011

Sober, but not sombre was the mood among 2,500 delegates at annual shopping centre extravaganza BCSC in Manchester this week

Planning reform and sustainable development are our social obligation

23 September 2011

The post-war period has been a failure in planning terms

PROPERTY FINANCE - A NEW DAWN

23 September 2011

Property Week launches Property Finance 2012 with star-studded breakfast

App and away - airport shopping is evolving

16 September 2011

Airport shopping is one of the fastest-growing retail markets and, despite these challenging times, it continues to produce outstanding growth prospects

Planning a sustainable future

16 September 2011

Westfield Stratford has created jobs, attracts most shoppers by public transport and is energy efficient. So why are a host of lobby groups opposed to commercial developments of this type?

10 years on: the rebuilding of the World Trade Center

9 September 2011

A decade after terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers, the redevelopment of the World Trade Center is finally under way. Hardeep Sandher reports from New York on what caused the years of delays and squabbles that affected progress and tracks the workout of Lehman Brothers’ assets three years after its monumental collapse

CONDE NAST turns new page for World Trade Center

9 September 2011

In August 1998, Vogue magazine, one of Condé Nast’s flagship titles, ran a cover of a model in elegant eveningwear atop 4 Times Square, which was under construction. It was just before the publisher moved into 800,000 sq ft at the building

Rebuilding America from Ground Zero up

9 September 2011

According to Bloomberg, if the US Federal Government were a family, it would earn $58,000 a year and spend $75,000

Upward-only impasse will only entrench Ireland’s air of instability

9 September 2011

Since the beginning of 2011, the single biggest issue being speculated on in the Irish commercial property sector has been the proposal in the Programme for Government to retrospectively appraise rent review mechanisms in all business leases.

Hotel owners should wait to sell last, but not leased

2 September 2011

It is now 10 years since I started banging the drum about the benefits of “bricks and brains” splits of assets and the operators in the hotel sector

Public rally for riot-hit retailers shows strength of demand

2 September 2011

UK retail has faced new and unique challenges in the last decade — challenges that have taken hold faster and with lasting impact more than ever before

Anarchy in the UK must not be allowed to scare off overseas investors

26 August 2011

As international development secretary Andrew Mitchell arrived last week in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia, he was hustled into a waiting armoured car and escorted by armed outriders to the presidential palace

Councils can give Mary Portas and our local high streets a hand

26 August 2011

Mary Portas, the government’s high street guru, has a tough job. First-half figures from Local Data Company (Intelligence, 22.07.11) suggested, at best, that things are getting no better in the weaker centres, although Colliers International suggests that overall shop vacancy rates in the UK dropped marginally in the six months to April.

Europe's Dead Centres

26 August 2011

From the Czech Republic to Spain, a glut of European shopping centres developed in the boom are languishing empty. Kat Baker treads where few shoppers are willing to go

While Property plc prospers, the man on the street is still out in the cold

26 August 2011

There was a very interesting comment from Persimmon chief executive Mike Farley this week, playing down the effect of the European and American crises on the UK housing market

Housebuilding can nurse economy through recovery

19 August 2011

When all else fails in politics, try to lower voter expectations

No escaping fallout from economic turmoil

19 August 2011

It is inconceivable that the collapse in investor confidence from the dismal economic and political events this month will not hit property values

The threat of a double-dip recession is back with a vengeance

19 August 2011

This has been one of those holiday seasons where the markets will not allow anyone to relax fully on the beach

Property slavery brings shame on sector

5 August 2011

August is the time when many property businesses accommodate young people wanting to learn about the world of work as interns

Simple-minded REITs could risk their investment

5 August 2011

Albert Einstein once wrote to his son: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Property also needs momentum, and a dose of inflation can help

They work for peanuts

5 August 2011

Unpaid interns are being exploited and ripped off by unscrupulous employers. Hardeep Sandher reports, in the latest in our series of monthly 1st Friday articles for young people in property

200,000 people live in private retirement housing. Are they being ripped off?

29 July 2011

Recent accusations of malpractice and financial exploitation in retirement housing have led to an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading.

Crude awakening

29 July 2011

Aberdeen is the UK’s forgotten boom town and investors – sick of being outpriced in London – are discovering opportunities in the oil-rich granite city

London super-prime’s vintage could be last of the summer wine

29 July 2011

It was supposed to be the greatest Bordeaux release for years. Hailed by French critics as “the vintage of the decade”, the top first growths from 2010 were tipped to eclipse the outstanding 2009, which had commanded a record £15,000 per case en primeur. But something went wrong. Rival producers, in advance of the all-conquering Château Lafite coming to market, had seen a sharp fall in demand during June.

East meets westfield

15 July 2011

Can the giant Australian developer lure enough tenants for its September opening?

Meanwhile London: A Royal Welcome

15 July 2011

Property Week, the mayor of London and the London Borough of Newham’s Meanwhile London competition is moving full steam ahead towards completion in time for the 2012 Olympics

Olympic Village Fate: the plan for after the 2012 Games

15 July 2011

After the Olympic Games are over, there will still be hurdles for the owner of the Olympic Village in Stratford

Courtauld Institutes Change: interview with new BPF president

1 July 2011

Great Portland chief Toby Courtauld wants to usher in a new understanding of property in government, as he takes over as president of the British Property Federation

Basel, banks and borrowers will all benefit from new data paradigm

1 July 2011

There is a great deal of interest in Basel III and its implications for real estate lending

Office-to-resi conversions fit the bill for developers and the economy

1 July 2011

George Osborne knows the uncomfortable truth about the British economy: we spend £700bn a year

Bribery Act: nothing to fear if you act with integrity

24 June 2011

For years Americans, Germans and French have called Britain the corrupt man of Europe

McGarry did not work alone

24 June 2011

McGarry may be going to jail, but others complicit in the fraud could escape justice

Property needs to look beyond its own backyard

24 June 2011

Here are three common comments we often receive from the property industry about reducing property exposure via derivatives

Colliers International’s Midsummer Retail Report 2011 shows a divided nation

17 June 2011

Reality has returned to retail with a surge in profit warnings, slowing sales figures and renewed rounds of administrations as British shoppers tighten their belts

DTZ takeover can work — at the right price

17 June 2011

A new era for DTZ looks set to start as early as next week with confirmation of an offer that will ultimately lead to a merger with BNP Paribas Real Estate

Lack of enthusiasm for prime locations reveals the continuing weakness of the London residential market

17 June 2011

The sale of St John’s Wood barracks is a hot topic among London’s resi developers but not in a way the vendor, Eyre Estate, or Knight Frank, might appreciate

Valuation indignation

17 June 2011

I share the concern expressed by Jerry Schurder on the approach by the Valuation Office Agency in conducting “defence of the list”

Don’t blame Blackstone for exploits of Southern Cross

10 June 2011

I have been struck – but not surprised – by the vitriol aimed at Blackstone by the newspapers, unions and politicians in the Southern Cross fiasco

Shopping centres tipped to lead investment revival

10 June 2011

The UK investment market has had a slow start to the year, but activity is about to pick up. Cushman & Wakefield’s head of UK capital markets, David Erwin, predicts: “We are expecting to shortly start to see the first significant release of stock in 2011, with the shopping centre sector leading the way.”

The search for ‘risk parity’ has changed the way we invest

10 June 2011

Diversification is one of the most powerful instruments in the investment toolkit

The free exchange of ideas is essential to developing cities we want to live in

3 June 2011

I am about to complete my two-year term as chairman of the Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Agency 2011: Property on the up

3 June 2011

Property Week’s annual agency survey listing shows which firms performed the best - see how they ranked by turnover, change in turnover and UK profit.

Location, location, location

3 June 2011

Sir, If a four-bedroom house in Pakistan, next to an army base in an area frequented by terrorists, that has no internet or telephone access, is worth £1m, then the London housing market looks cheap.

World Trade Center is height of fashion after Condé Nast coup

3 June 2011

Condé Nast’s decision to move to 1 World Trade Center is a game changer

CHOPPERS AWAY

27 May 2011

Three entrepreneurs plan to convert the HMS Ark Royal into a heliport for the City of London

Liberating our cities is the only way to grow, says Sir Stuart Lipton

27 May 2011

The City Finance Commission was established by Manchester, Birmingham and Central London Forward, on behalf of the central London boroughs, to feed into the government’s Local Government Resource Review

Property-linked notes make a sound investment

27 May 2011

Over the course of this year, we have had more enquiries from clients that want to trade property derivatives in the form of swaps, futures or notes

Criticism of Paul Idzik is mere pub talk — at DTZ he raised the bar

20 May 2011

I was talking to someone in property the other day who expressed no surprise at all that DTZ is in play, and said chief executive Paul Idzik was paying the price of failure

Gamblers and gourmets are transforming high street

20 May 2011

There has been a fundamental change over the last two years about the definition of “pitch”

Property’s monarchs of the glen

20 May 2011

If the idea of making your way through 50 km of historic Scottish countryside on bike, foot and kayak is your kind of thing, the Buccleuch Property Challenge is the event for you

Telling Scotland’s Future

20 May 2011

On the day the Scottish National Party won a historic majority in the Scottish parliament, heads of property from across the UK met to discuss Scotland’s future

The long, unwinding road

20 May 2011

De Montfort’s annual bank lending report shows that total debt secured by UK commercial property is as much as £290bn and banks are working out their loans with gusto

Do not expect banks to pursue logic and sell

13 May 2011

Barry Gilbertson, former RICS president, ex-PWC recovery specialist and now consultant to Knight Frank, called for “Phase IV” of the property crash on Tuesday this week

Prime club isn’t the only place to find retail’s star performers

13 May 2011

There is a growing feeling that the retail property market is in the middle of a material dislocation between asset pricing in the investment market and what is happening in the occupational market

Tchenguiz brothers up in arms

13 May 2011

The Tchenguiz brothers are at the centre of civil and criminal battles over assets once worth £4bn

Who is the mystery stalker that will put DTZ out of its misery?

13 May 2011

It was only a matter of time before DTZ received takeover approaches

Groupon, apps and e-tail spearhead US retail revival

06 May 2011

If we are to believe our American cousins in the retail sector, we are past the worst of the great recession

Only one route to redemption for valuers

06 May 2011

Surveyors sat expectantly at the newly rebuilt national venue, the occasion was the biggest in their profession for a decade

The signs of recovery are there - if you’re not too battle-scarred to sense them

06 May 2011

Something deep down within me senses the stirrings of an embryonic recovery

Bookies hit the jackpot

28 April 2011

As an 11th betting shop opens on this south-east London high street, Property Week reveals how Britain – and some landlords – have become addicted to gambling

Frogmore has a ball for Willow Foundation

28 April 2011

Industry luminaries raised a remarkable £254,000 in one evening at a ball to celebrate the 50th anniversary of property company Frogmore on 14 April

Property Week dices with deptford

28 April 2011

Deptford High Street in south-east London is a clash of two retail worlds

Tops Estates founder took tenacious approach to property and philanthropy

28 April 2011

Everard Nicholas Goodman, who died on Sunday 17 April, aged 79, was born in Hull on 24 February 1932, the fourth of seven sons and two daughters

BRITAIN FOR SALE

21 April 2011

Property Week has obtained a never-before-seen list of government property that is on the market

FirstBuy could snare young couples in ‘equity trap’

21 April 2011

You say HomeBuy, we say FirstBuy”, might have been an appropriate line should chancellor George Osborne have burst into song during last month’s Budget

Interactive Maps: Public Sector Property

21 April 2011

Property Week has compiled three maps of public sector properties that are either up for sale or have been declared surplus.

Another titanic takeover battle in prospect

15 April 2011

There’s nothing like a good old bidding war to set pulses racing

Measured Milton was the man who ran City Hall

15 April 2011

The death of Sir Simon Milton this week at the age of only 49 has come as an enormous shock to his legion of friends and admirers

Put on a display

15 April 2011

Sir, The proposed requirement for landlords to have to display the energy ratings of their buildings by October 2012 (professional, 29.03.11) is to be welcomed

Shop vacancy rate slows but shows no sign of stopping

15 April 2011

We have seen plenty of retailers in the news for both positive and negative reasons in the first quarter of this year

Brilliant Broadgate deserves listed status, not a death sentence

08 April 2011

There can be little doubt that Broadgate remains, in architectural and planning terms, the most significant and successful commercial development in London of the post-war period.

Prime yields unchanged in March

08 April 2011

Prime yields were unchanged in March at 5.68%, which was 199 basis points higher than 10-year government bonds

The banks need London more than London needs the banks

08 April 2011

The implications for the future of London as an international financial centre will be closely analysed

Wheel good factor

08 April 2011

The International Childcare Trust and Property Week have teamed up for the industry’s second Velodrome Cycle Challenge

City of London stars as derivative returns continue to rise

01 April 2011

The positive news for the property derivatives market over the last month was LaSalle Investment Management’s announcement that it will establish a property derivatives desk

High Speed 2: Get up to speed

01 April 2011

What is High Speed 2?

The Fast and the Furious: division over High Speed 2

01 April 2011

High Speed 2 has been lauded by some as the solution to the UK’s north-south divide, but angry critics deride it as a waste of money

Unlike equities and gilts, property can outpace inflation

01 April 2011

Amid the political machinations of the Budget, last week’s UK inflation figures perhaps preoccupied minds less than they might have done

Broaden horizons to find best places to invest

25 March 2011

UK institutional investors need to radically alter their strategies to keep pace with the changing world of property investment

Enterprise zones can work, given the right incentives

25 March 2011

All eyes were on George Osborne on Wednesday when he announced his second Budget

Housebuilders out of tune as they chorus ‘price not volume’

25 March 2011

If there were an X Factor for industry groups, the UK housebuilders would be strong candidates

Property chiefs’ pay: John Lewis is showing the way

25 March 2011

Time was when being a millionaire was something to boast about

Property investor leaves a legacy of landmark buildings and charitable work

25 March 2011

Property investor John B Sunley, one of the founding trustees of the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation and its chairman since 1989, died peacefully after a short illness on 14 February

Don’t bank on a local branch

18 March 2011

Retail banking has been criticised recently for a reduction in the number of high street branches over the past 10 years

My aspirations for localism in housing design, by Paul Finch

18 March 2011

The housing and planning minister, Grant Shapps, has made a spirited and largely welcome call for an end to what he describes as “identikit Legoland” housing design

Vultures circle Invista

18 March 2011

As news that the management buyout of Invista Real Estate Investment Management had hit the skids filtered through in Cannes last Thursday, the group of property fund managers I was having lunch with began to lick their lips – and not just because a shellfish platter had just been served.

Welcome to Berkeleyland

18 March 2011

One developer has bought the central London residential market back to life: Tony Pidgley and Rob Perrins’ Berkele

Gold still sets standard while markets are uncertain

11 March 2011

When inflation becomes a serious threat, investors traditionally look to “real” assets to provide a hedge

NEWHAM START FOR DOCKLANDS

11 March 2011

The winning proposals in the Meanwhile London competition were unveiled at MIPIM this week

Quiet start to new year continues

11 March 2011

Prime yields were yet again largely unchanged in February, ending the month at 5.67%, just one basis point lower than in January

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PARTY BANK

11 March 2011

Anglo Irish Bank’s lavish hospitality and approach to lending transformed it into a powerhouse of the property boom. Now its massive losses are crippling Ireland’s economy

Manchester rates set for a mark-up

7 March 2011

Appetite for further investment in Manchester is likely to depend on the occupier take-up of schemes in central Manchester and Salford that developers such as the Carlyle Group have under way

Cautious firms have climbed out of the collapse intact

7 March 2011

At the peak of the market in 2007, we were routinely and comfortably outbid on transactions

Live programme has vital space in schedule

04 March 2011

One of the challenges Media City faces is how to attract an audience outside the groups that plan to live and work there, by using the assets of the outdoor physical space

The best cure for Valad is McCarthy’s amputation of its European arm

25 February 2011

Corporate activity is moving on apace in the property fund management world

CB Richard Ellis’s ING deal is fund management game changer

18 February 2011

Nomura property analyst Mike Prew was unimpressed with British Land’s third-quarter results and their purchase of a £30m shopping centre in Barnstaple

Flat prices best for builders

18 February 2011

Sir, Alastair Stewart’s recent piece suggests housebuilders benefit from house price inflation, as it inflates away mistakes made in buying land (Property Week, 28.01.11)

JJB Sports is unfit for extra time

18 February 2011

Retail vacancies have dominated the headlines through JJB Sports’ proposal of a second CVA and Local Data Company’s stark reminder of the north-south divide

West Ham’s Olympic stadium win could end in tears

18 February 2011

The battle for the Olympic Stadium was great theatre

Brookfield and Great Portland: property’s next transatlantic tryst?

11 February 2011

While London investment agents cosy up to super-wealthy Middle and Far Eastern investors, it is the Americans who are leading the way in corporate property activity

Inflation is back — let us hope Bank of England does not panic

11 February 2011

Inflation is back with a vengeance, driven by the surge in energy and commodity prices

Shoe shops step up the pace

11 February 2011

The British shoe shop market has grown rapidly in recent years.

Theatre group pops up in ‘meanwhile’ space

11 February 2011

Sir, Since 2007 Theatre Delicatessen has worked in conjunction with property developers to stage vibrant, innovative work in London’s West End. Now we are on the lookout for a new partner.

Be under no illusion — localism will damage UK property, says Steven Norris

04 February 2011

Housebuilders and developers are not the only people worrying about the Localism Bill as it wends its way through parliament. Business secretary Vince Cable, no less, has his doubts

Cities can lead Britain’s return to growth

04 February 2011

What role should Britain’s great cities play in the government’s agenda for growth?

Feedback

04 February 2011

Feedback @ Property Week

REITs run out of juice as stagflation threat looms

04 February 2011

Lord Young, the prime minister’s ex-enterprise adviser, said last November that most Britons had “never had it so good”, echoing Harold Macmillan’s 1957 speech

Yields still frozen despite trust in prime retail

04 February 2011

Prime yields were again largely unchanged in January, ending the month at 5.7%, 23 basis points lower than in January 2010

Empty rates: how we can solve this blight on the property industry

28 January 2011

Sir, With regard to the empty rates furore, I have approached the Tax Payers’ Alliance

New breed of investor pushes Big Apple back to top of the tree

28 January 2011

A flood of global capital is testing the locks of New York City’s real estate market

Shapps wants to turn up the volume, housebuilders would rather turn him down

28 January 2011

Eight months into Grant Shapps’ tenure as housing minister, many in the industry may be wishing him well in a rise to higher office

The dynasty continues

28 January 2011

New Standard Life Investments property head David Paine worked with predecessor Alex Watt for 20 years. Now he is ready to make his mark on the company

What will be CB Richard Ellis’s next giant step?

28 January 2011

CB Richard Ellis is on the verge of buying ING’s fund management arm, and also seized more than 20% of Britain’s £40bn investment pie last year

‘Father of Docklands’ dies aged 83

21 January 2011

Reg Ward, chief executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) from 1981 to 1987, died on 6 January, aged 83

Can localism be the saviour of London’s suburbs?, asks Sir Stuart Lipton

21 January 2011

In an era of low growth and “localism”, how are we to start viable commercial development in outer London?

Localism cannot yet be the driver for growth

21 January 2011

Nimbyism or “pimbyism” – “not” or “please” in my back yard? That is the question surrounding the Localism Bill, which had its second reading in the House of Commons this week

Shell suitors

21 January 2011

Property heavyweights are queuing up to redevelop Shell’s London headquarters – a scheme peppered with planning problems and sensitive stakeholders

Trafford Centre saga exposes failings of REITs

21 January 2011

When, as is likely, Capital Shopping Centres shareholders vote through the £1.6bn purchase of the Trafford Centre next week, it will be one of the most remarkable deals in UK property history

All hail as Emperor Gordon prevails intact

14 January 2011 upload

At his retirement bash at London’s Claridge’s hotel in June 2005, the great Sir Donald Gordon used a line of Shakespeare to jokingly put himself down: “We have come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”

Rarely in the field of property valuation has so much been overvalued by so many, says Nick Leslau

14 January 2011 upload

I usually like to start new year’s predictions with the bad news and then end with the good news but, as the best news is that I hope we don’t have too much bad news in 2011, I will have to break with convention.

Property will be caught in Irish contagion

19 November 2010

What does Ireland’s sovereign debt crisis mean for property?

Calling all sharp shooters

05 November 2010

Property Week and Drivers Jonas Deloitte have teamed up again this year for our property industry photography competition

CB Richard Ellis tops table in strong third quarter

05 November 2010

Third-quarter investment figures from PropertyData show a strong year-on-year performance so far, defying predictions that the second half would bring a slowdown in deals.

Londoners have come under Johnson’s spell, much to Livingstone’s chagrin

05 November 2010

Since the day he lost to Boris Johnson in May 2008, Ken Livingstone has been focused like a coiled cobra on one thing and one thing only: how to unseat this Tory upstart and reclaim his rightful seat in City Hall

No fears for tiers of recovering regional markets

05 November 2010

Activity has been strong over the past month, and London in particular justifies a more bullish view on trading volumes for 2010

Ride of their lives

05 November 2010

CBRE pipped 14 other teams to the post at Herne Hill’s first Property Sector Velodrome Challenge, sponsored by Property Week

Time to take a knife to secondary values

05 November 2010

What is secondary property currently worth? It is the biggest question swirling around property right now because, in truth, nobody knows

You've got to be in it to win it

05 November 2010

The race is on for Property Awards 2011, the accolades that celebrate excellence in the industry, and the biggest night in the property calendar

Proud Naghshineh shows how not to deal with banks

29 October 2010

Targetfollow collapsed into administration this week and the recriminations are sure to be bitter in the months to come

City view: Mike Prew

08 October 2010

End the REIT-bashing and cash in on inflation-proof sector

Financial view: John Plender

08 October 2010

Property’s rise could depend on sovereign debt’s downfall

Uncharted territory

08 October 2010

Developer John Morris is considering legal action against the Royal Bank of Scotland for placing lavish stalled scheme Charters into administration

Whom to know: Labour leader Ed Miliband

08 October 2010

Mark Wilding predicts how Labour’s new chief will impact on property …

City view: Steve Cowins

01 October 2010

Hotel market may have its growth inhibited, on closer inspection

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield’s Main Streets Across the World

01 October 2010

Asia-Pacific to outshop world’s best retail locations

Obituary: Euan Cresswell

01 October 2010

Christine Eade remembers Bristol developer for his innovative designs

What to know: Association of Property Bankers conference

01 October 2010

James Whitmore summarises how property bankers plan to adjust to the new economic environment

Events: British-Israel Chamber of Commerce forum

24 September 2010

Ronson, Leslau, Gibbon and Hubbard’s summer summing up

Intelligence: Savills 2010 Sentiment Survey

24 September 2010

Put your money on private-rented housing

What to know: Basel III banking regulations

24 September 2010

James Whitmore explains how the new rules will affect the property industry

WHOM TO KNOW Lord Heseltine

20 September 2010

The coalition’s big idea for regeneration, the Regional Growth Fund, suffers from the same affliction that characterises much of what has emerged under the guise of policy over the summer: it is unformed and has been greeted with widespread scepticism. But it has at least one thing going for it: Lord Heseltine (pictured).

WHAT TO KNOW London Design Festival

20 September 2010

The London Design Festival celebrates and showcases design talent in London through exhibitions, installations, parties and talks

Freed from back yard politics, localism could rescue communities

20 September 2010

What is localism? Is it a good or bad concept? And how can property embrace one of the defining traits of the new coalition government? Localism isn’t universally popular in property circles, but let’s start by examining the regional and centralised systems it looks set to replace.

Industry will not speculate as shed availability contracts

17 September 2010

Available industrial floorspace in the UK dropped for the first time in five years during the first half of 2010, the King Sturge industrial and distribution floorspace survey has revealed

Architects of Doom

10 September 2010

A rarely seen Bank of Scotland Corporate book is a reminder of a distant property world that exploded two years ago next week

Entrepreneurial spirit: Nick Leslau

10 September 2010

After a lot of bull, the bloodletting is about to begin

Intelligence: King Sturge/Property Week Index

10 September 2010

Prospective interest rate rise could hurt debt market

Whom to know: Paul Uppal

10 September 2010

The Conservative is the new chairman of the All Party Urban Development Group

Commercially aware graduates will hold their value

03 September 2010

Who should bear the responsibility for giving surveyors entering the property industry the commercial awareness they will so badly need?

Lord’s and Masterplan

03 September 2010

Three contenders are vying to build the residential element of a £400m redevelopment of “the home of cricket” – a vital source of new revenue as the sport is knocked for six

The politics of property: Steven Norris

03 September 2010

Reforming social security spending will lead to real benefits

City view: James Whitmore

27 August 2010

Minerva should take heed of major shareholder’s requests

Equality control

27 August 2010

The government is seeking to address the gender imbalance in the UK’s boardrooms – and property is one of the worst offenders

Intelligence: Derivative values

27 August 2010

There’s nothing to get excited about in 2011

Banks sit on the hedge in this multi-faceted swap shop

20 August 2010

There is a lot of debate about the impact of interest rate swaps on the property market

City view: Steve Pateman

30 July 2010

New pricing will reflect shift in banking’s core values

Intelligence: Agents’ league tables

30 July 2010

PropertyData: CBRE back on top in first half of 2010

Property clubs together

30 July 2010

9 Last week CB Richard Ellis organised the first Coldstream Cup Charity Golf Day, raising £100,000 for soldiers, veterans and bereaved service families

Talking shops: Richard Hyman

30 July 2010

Retailers need to add value to avoid the pitfalls of a double-dip recession

Beating the Breakdown: former planning officer speaks

23 July 2010

Four years after stress forced him to leave his job as a Croydon Council planning officer, Stephen Whiteside can finally begin to rebuild his life

City View: James Whitmore

23 July 2010

Tice will return a certain ’je ne sais quoi’ to CLS Holdings

New government models

23 July 2010

Sir, Your report of comments I made at the Investment Property Databank conference on 24 June (public sector, 09.07.10) does not reflect the full extent of the views I conveyed and hold

Talking shop: Fiona Hamilton

23 July 2010

Climb on the social networking ladder to capture consumers

Triers and tribulations

23 July 2010

A record 2,200 triathletes – watched by former England rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio – battled against 30 degree heat to take part in King Sturge’s fourth Property Triathlon sponsored by Property Week

Bank lending is about to get even trickier

16 July 2010

The Basel III rules will make it even harder for banks to lend to property companies and investors

City view: Lucinda Bell

16 July 2010

Treasury must think long and hard before increasing property tax

Events: Buccleuch Property Challenge

16 July 2010

Mud, sweat and tears in the Scottish Borders

The banks that like to say yes

16 July 2010

Five new banks aim to revolutionise banking by bringing local branches back on to the UK’s high streets – and they are competing with retailers for the best space

Why Good Harvest is bad news for everyone

16 July 2010

Property Week’s professional desk has been inundated with comments about the Good Harvest v Centaur case that was settled on 29 June. It is not hard to see why

Administrators are taking £1,000,000,000 a year

09 July 2010

In fees from insolvent companies. So what do the creditors get?

Polarising property yields provide food for thought

09 July 2010

Prime property yields remain unchanged for the second month running.

City view: David Erwin

02 July 2010

Pay attention at the back - there’s still a long way to go before we get results

Halls of pain

02 July 2010

The boom is over for student accommodation developers as the recession and budget cuts hit universities

Obituary: Peter Henwood, Standard Life

02 July 2010

The career of a visionary fund manager who “lived and breathed” property

Veteran's day

02 July 2010

In his first interview since taking office in March, Cushman & Wakefield CEO Glenn Rufrano tells James Whitmore how he will revive its fortunes

Banker's Statement: Max Sinclair

25 June 2010

Majority of property will still be hit by lending squeeze

Economic outlook: James Carrick

25 June 2010

Identify future-proof locations to ride out volatile markets

EVENTS: Retail Now

25 June 2010

Get some retail therapy

Nationwide: Patricia Brown

25 June 2010

Times Square and Harlem BIDs have kept Big Apple fresh

Regional chaos must not hinder radical Budget

25 June 2010

What does the emergency Budget mean for property?

Whom to know: Bianca Ladow

25 June 2010

Leather-lined garages and gold pools are the speciality of this “female Candy”

Intelligence: IPD Regeneration Index

18 June 2010

Regeneration strain of recession

‘PG’ becomes X-rated as Irish banks play hard ball

11 June 2010

Personal guarantees provoke a particularly vicious type of gossip in property circles

Events: London Retail Summit

11 June 2010

Oxford Street road rage drives retailers to distraction

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield quarterly yields data

11 June 2010

Central London retail is only riser in stagnant May

Irish property community reels from 29 suicides in last 12 months

11 June 2010

As Ireland’s lenders take increasingly drastic action over troubled property loans, Deirdre Hipwell reports on the personal cost of the Irish and the UK banking crisis

Lingering HIPs problem

11 June 2010

Sir, We could not agree more that the requirement by government to retain the useless energy certificate, despite scrapping home information packs (HIPs), should be revoked (letters, 28.05.10)

No room at the Inn for levies

11 June 2010

Sir, As a true global capital and a business and tourism hub, London is an important market for Premier Inn and central to the health of the UK hotel sector

What to know: Mike Prew vs Land Securities

11 June 2010

Nomura analyst says LandSecs got too big for its boots, but UK’s biggest player is on the counter-attack

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield's retail detail

04 June 2010

High street vacancies rise to 11%

Cameron and Clegg cannot rescue property alone

14 May 2010

What will the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition mean for property?

Economic Outlook: Sotiris Tsolacos

14 May 2010

Greek contagion is no eurozone ‘subprime’ crisis

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield prime yields data

14 May 2010

Prime yields fall fractionally in March

Nationwide: The Con-Lib Dem coalition

14 May 2010

Tackling deficit must be first priority for new government

The politics of property: Steven Norris

14 May 2010

Localism will define Con-Lib Dem coalition for property

Whom to know: Matthew Elliott

14 May 2010

Drivers Jonas Deloitte’s office agency chief is frontman of a new services “supergroup”

Age of the entrepreneurs

7 May 2010

Sir, I was at the Property Awards last week and it confirmed my thoughts that this could well be another golden age of property stars

Developer’s view: Sir Stuart Lipton

7 May 2010

Dear prime minister: My plan for the built environment and Britain

Events: London Retail Summit

7 May 2010

Sports star and burger king join our line-up

Fitting tribute

7 May 2010

Sir, I would like to thank Susan Freeman for her kind article remembering Angela Hooper (nationwide, 09.04.10)

The price is right

7 May 2010

After last year's terminally gloomy predictions, DTZ's Money Into Property investment report is confident that the time is ripe to flash the cash

Whom to know: Richard Batten and Chris Ireland

7 May 2010

King Sturge’s joint senior partners discuss raising money for charity to mark the firm’s 250th anniversary

Event: Property Question Time

30 April 2010

Property's landmark televised debate

Home front: Richard Donnell

30 April 2010

Recession is biting hard into home ownership

made to measure

30 April 2010

Former Pillar and British Land men Mark Stirling, Andrew Jones and Valentine Beresford (left to right) have £350m to spend with Metric, their new venture

Vote Conservative for property’s best future

30 April 2010

Politics can never overcome economics, and for that reason we are today sticking to an election recommendation first made a year ago this week (pictured)

Who gets property's vote?

30 April 2010

Christine Eade talks to property professionals from across the industry about how they will vote on 6 May

Campaign trail

23 April 2010

Sir, Site Life is a great initiative (news, 16.04.10)

City View: James Whitmore

23 April 2010

Maastricht treat marks return of European CMBS market

Events: Coldstream Cup Charity Golf Day

23 April 2010

Property and soldiers club together

IPD's Silver Jubilee

23 April 2010

In 1985, Rupert Nabarro and Ian Cullen established the Investment Property Databank. James Whitmore talks to them about 25 years as the industry's investment benchmark

Nationwide: Rachael Unsworth

23 April 2010

City living will thrive in this resource-constrained world

President’s address: Rupert Clarke

23 April 2010

Lib Dems are more farce than third political force

Social conscience

23 April 2010

Sir, Mr Garstang’s comments about the “unsightly” blocks of council flats planned at Hampton Park in Bishopdown, Salisbury (residential, 14.01.10), are unfair

Whom to know: Sean Tompkins

23 April 2010

Incoming RICS CEO will combine his marketing role with leadership and lobbying

Chris Challinor: An Englishman abroad

16 April 2010

Sir, On Saturday 27 March 2010, our friend and colleague, Chris Challinor, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in Madrid, where he had been working for the past six years

Fundamental thinking: William Hill

16 April 2010

There is such a thing as a free lunch if you invest overseas

INTELLIGENCE CBRE’s monthly London overview

16 April 2010

Terrific turnaround as City take-up takes off

Property at the polls

16 April 2010

Over the next three weeks, Property Week will tell you what the general election on 6 May means for our industry. In part one, Mark Shepherd speaks to the MPs and peers supporting the sector, while Christine Eade looks at property's homegrown political talent and, overleaf, describes a 1970s Britain in a far worse state than today

Tom Wilson: Quintessential City agent

16 April 2010

Sir, I would like to draw readers’ attention to the passing of Tom Wilson, the former St Quintain partner

Financial view: John Plender

9 April 2010

Volatility in the gilt market is the safest prediction

Fund managers must prioritise

9 April 2010

The latest data shows that the UK exited the recession at the end of 2009 with greater momentum than initially estimated. There is a growing feeling that the worst is over and that, while the recovery will remain sluggish beyond 2010, life has returned to property markets around the globe.

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield prime yields data

9 April 2010

Price rises slow as investors prepare for election

New rates spell trouble

9 April 2010

Sir, I want to purchase a business in the London area that includes freehold property (Professional, 26.03.10)

Bonuses of contention at big firms

01 April 2010

It’s champagne all round at CB Richard Ellis, which this week dished out up to £35m in bonuses in the UK

Events: London Retail Summit

01 April 2010

Top retailers offer capital contributions

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield retail detail

01 April 2010

Shopping centre development dries up

Stamp Duty addressed

01 April 2010

Sir, The government’s plan to waive stamp duty up to £250,000 for first-time buyers does not go far enough

Telling porkies

01 April 2010

Sir, Your recent piece “PIGS in a poke” (Property Week Global, March) was interesting but misleading

web of intrigue

01 April 2010

E-tailing has come of age. As more shoppers and retailers make the online migration, Hardeep Sandher investigates whether retail property will end up in the bargain bins

Whom to know: Tim Webb

01 April 2010

Well-connected property lawyer earns green wings as chief of Sustainable Environment Foundation

Accountants’ ploys torpedo retail property

26 March 2010

In football if you go into administration, you are deducted 10 points

Big retailers continue to call the shots

26 March 2010

Lambert Smith Hampton’s industrial overview, published this week, makes predictions for 2010

Coventry will forgo upfront payments for long-term wealth

26 March 2010

There is no doubt that the clarion call at MIPIM last week in Cannes was to do things differently: taking risks and seeing the global recession and tight funding position as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink how we work together to sustainably regenerate our towns and cities

There’s no ‘maybe’ about the trouble ahead, so be ‘lucky’

26 March 2010

Trouble is out there and its coming our way, for sure. For some, it has already shoved its head firmly through the letterbox

Whom to know: Anne Kavanagh

26 March 2010

The former adviser is Axa REIM’s new global head of property services

Events: Property Awards 2010

19 March 2010

One thousand guests and still counting

Intelligence: Derivative values

19 March 2010

Bet on 10% 2010 returns with volatility ahead

MIPIM ARCHIVE: Less fighting talk but a definite air of optimism at Cannes this year

19 March 2010

Less fighting talk but a definite air of optimism at Cannes this year

Property wrecked my marriage

19 March 2010

Long-term relationships may be another victim of the property downturn, as people are pushed to work and play even harder to close deals

Whom to know: Ben Grose

19 March 2010

British Land head of retail asset management Ben Grose gets bookish

Clear up confusion, Boris, to make mayoralty fly

12 March 2010

Dear Boris, After your years at Eton and Cambridge — let’s ignore the Bullingdon Club — you will be familiar with half-term reports

In bank finance void, developers and institutions are starting to experiment

12 March 2010

The rally in the real estate sector over the last nine months has confounded many expectations.

Now is the time to climb on board the Thames Gateway bandwagon

12 March 2010

It’s not often that you hear good economic news these days, but as we emerge from recession, the Thames Gateway is forecast to outperform other regions

What to know: Bond yields and property yields

12 March 2010

James Whitmore explains how bond yields affect property values

Whom to know: Stephen Brown and Rob Bould

12 March 2010

What will the new chief executive and chairman bring to the GVA Grimley party?

Events: APC Live

05 March 2010

APC students ask experts in droves

Intelligence: King Sturge Industrial Distribution Floorspace

05 March 2010

Tightest supply pipeline on record forces yields down

Nationwide: James Carrick

05 March 2010

As recovery takes root, the economy can continue to grow

The Politics of property: Steven Norris

05 March 2010

Mixed messages will send voters into arms of devil they know

Whom to know: Bob Neill

05 March 2010

The Conservatives’ deputy chairman is propagating an overhaul of the planning system

Back to life

26 February 2010

Today we begin a campaign, Site Life, which aims to bring life to the development sites that have become all-too-familiar eyesores during the recession

Consumers have not dropped shops yet

26 February 2010

Sir, In his leader (Property Week, 19.02.10), Giles Barrie cited the growing strength of online shopping and its impact on high streets, shopping centres and retail parks whose owners fail to recognise the threat its growth brings

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield retail detail

26 February 2010

Time has come for retail property to reinvent itself

Per Capita growth

26 February 2010

Joining the Capita Symonds fold has given NB Real Estate the backing to expand, but how will it survive in the "big company" world?

What to know: MIPIM 2010

26 February 2010

A somewhat more businesslike affair than the drink-and-party-fest of its heyday, MIPIM nonetheless remains an important event for the global property world

City View: Duncan Moir

19 February 2010

A recovery is surfacing, but we may still be pulled under by bad debt

Financial Forecast: John Plender

19 February 2010

Squeeze on gilts and equities bodes well for real estate

Intelligence: Derivative values

19 February 2010

2010 derivatives contract forecast 10% return

Retail property Luddites’ missed opportunities

19 February 2010

For years middle-aged retail property men consoled themselves over the rise of the internet by saying women would not buy clothes online.

WHAT TO KNOW Third-party right of appeal

19 February 2010

Developers have reacted angrily to Conservative proposals to allow parties other than applicants and local authorities to have a big say in planning appeals

City View: James Whitmore

12 February 2010

My doubts over Liberty International demerger

Events: Public Property Summit

12 February 2010

A conference to assess the estate of the nation

It’s too early to pop champagne for offices

12 February 2010

How much should we read into the new boom in the City of London office market?

The politics of property: Steven Norris

12 February 2010

Unless we’re careful, Olympic legacy could be debt and drab architecture

Whom to know: Tim Wheeler

12 February 2010

Brixton’s ousted chief executive will have to wait until April to defend himself

City view: James Whitmore

5 February 2010

Institutional suitors start to swarm over Invista

Management Guru: Alan Froggatt

5 February 2010

Drivers Jonas Deloitte: interesting, challenging, and probably a one-off

Pearl's a seller

5 February 2010

In next week’s keenly awaited first Allsop auction of the year, investor David Pearl will make the latest in a rare series of sales. What is his plan? Nick Duxbury finds out

A London landlord adheres to principles as a president tries to impose them

29 January 2010

Last Friday morning I spent two of the most enjoyable and informative hours of my 21-year career in property journalism

High street may be over the worst

29 January 2010

The latest retail research from Cushman & Wakefield shows that high street rents declined by a further 1% during the final quarter of 2009 (table 1), bringing the annual decline to more than 8%. However, the rate of decline has begun to ease

Mergers bond private and public sectors

29 January 2010

NB Real Estate’s impending takeover by Capita Symonds (news, p4) is significant for property, but not in the same vein as “game-changer” Drivers Jonas’s merger with Deloitte (analysis, p34)

One strong set of figures does not a retail recovery make

29 January 2010

In the past couple of weeks there has been good news from the retail sector, as many retailers have posted positive Christmas trading figures. The British Retail Consortium announced that total retail sales were up 6% in December on the same period in 2008. The Office for National Statistics was more cautious, but its 3.6% was still strong.

WHAT TO KNOW: Public Property Summit

29 January 2010

As the government comes under renewed pressure to extract greater value from its estate, Property Week launches an event for public sector property professionals and their advisers

Architecture and planning: Paul Finch

22 January 2010

Every little helps a town, so planners and supermarkets should try something new today

Developer’s view: Sir Stuart Lipton

22 January 2010

Shape of things to come is neither “wiggly-wobbly” nor “double dip”

Giles Barrie: "Drivers Jonas rocks agency world"

22 January 2010

WOW. Agency has started the decade with the most significant merger since the raft of US-UK tie-ups at the end of the 1990s.

Nationwide: Land Registry row

22 January 2010

More online services have eclipsed need for staff …

Quintain leap

22 January 2010

In his first property interview, Lazard chief William Rucker speaks to James Whitmore about becoming chairman at maverick Adrian Wyatt's Quintain

Whom to know: Chris McLernon

22 January 2010

The head of Colliers International’s Europe business is targeting the top global spot

Entrepreneurial spirit: Nick Leslau

15 January 2010

Desperate banks and investors are endangering your values

Intelligence: National investment

15 January 2010

PropertyData: industrial is 2009’s top performer

The Atkins plan

15 January 2010

Hammerson’s new chief executive, David Atkins, is whipping the REIT into shape as quickly as he rose to the top. In his first interview

Ticking timebomb of securitisation

15 January 2010

What can we learn from Lloyds’ decision to put Kilmartin into receivership and to seize control of a portfolio put together by Thornfield

Whom to know: Sir Stuart Hampson

15 January 2010

How will the former John Lewis chairman fare at the helm of the Crown Estate?

Economic outlook: James Carrick

8 January 2010

2010 demands exit strategy to wind down quantitative easing

Events: North West 2010 Conference and Awards

8 January 2010

Don’t look back in anger: aim for better north-west times

Nationwide: Steven Purcell

8 January 2010

Games can define decade for Glasgow and Scotland

What to know: Planning Policy Statement 4

8 January 2010

Last week, the government published its long-awaited PPS4

Year of Recovery

8 January 2010

Mark Shepherd and Hardeep Sandher explain how bank disposals, a new political era and a rise in transactional activity will lead to a better 2010 and, overleaf, predict how property will fare in the “teenies”, while below, King Sturge presents its sector-by-sector forecast of the decade ahead

Food fight

18 December 2009

Four cooking enthusiasts from across the property industry went head to head in Property Week’s Come Dine With Me competition two weeks ago

Nationwide: The Duke of Westminster

18 December 2009

How Liverpool won over the decade is a lesson for north-west

Stateside view: Laura Chesters

18 December 2009

American dream gives retailers and analysts sleepless nights

The politics of property - 18 December 2009

18 December 2009

An end to the public pillorying of bankers really would be a bonus

AIM’s allure is clear, but the financial reporting is far from it

11 December 2009

AIM (the Alternative Investment Market) has many strengths — but transparent financial reporting is not necessarily one of them

Congestion charge defeat drives us to create ‘engine of the north’

11 December 2009

At the 27 November meeting of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, a report was presented that mapped out progress on a £1.5bn package of transport improvements

Paris is no match for London as a global financial powerhouse

11 December 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent declaration that the appointment of Michel Barnier as European Union single market commissioner heralded a “victory of the European model, which has nothing to do with excesses of financial capitalism”, has caused much commotion among politicians, media commentators and City workers alike.

TWO’s company

11 December 2009

As their store opens for business, Hardeep Sandher catches up with Julia Smith and Joanne Stoker, the winners of the Church Commissioners’ First Into Fashion competition

Whom to know: Steve Williams

11 December 2009

The Industrial Agents Society chairman says members have gone back to agency basics

City View: James Whitmore

04 December 2009

Degree of certainty persuades property to get into beds with students

EVENTS Norwood annual dinner

04 December 2009

… and it’s a good night from them

Intelligence: Cushman & Wakefield monthly yields analysis

04 December 2009

Continued compression is correction, not a rally

No country for hard men

04 December 2009

Proposed legislation would limit landlords' ability to use bailiffs to recover debts from tenants

UK fire sales could prop up Dubai World

04 December 2009

Now that the precarious debt mountain behind Dubai’s sleek, wealthy veneer is threatening to topple, the UK market is torn between concern and excitement

Whom to know: Sean O’Shea

04 December 2009

University Partnerships Programme’s chief digs the student housing market

As an ‘alternative’, property is more attractive than the mainstream

27 November 2009

As an asset allocator my task is to assess how property compares with other asset classes, such as equities and fixed income, and a growing range of “alternatives” — the category in which property has traditionally sat

Intermediate routes for first-time buyers on the housing ladder

27 November 2009

As a developer that provides affordable housing, mainly to first-time buyers in their thirties, we know how hard it is for them to get on the property ladder

The answer to the capital’s homes shortage could be in your office

27 November 2009

As the great and the good of the architectural world hobnobbed at 10 Downing Street earlier this month, talk soon turned to what, if anything, could be done to address the acute shortage of homes in many parts of the country, particularly in London and the south-east

What to know: Investing outside the UK

27 November 2009

Pressure on UK assets as a result of demand from overseas funds has caused prices to rise. UK investors are consequently turning their attention abroad

Christal clear

20 November 2009

What you see is what you get with British Land chief Chris Grigg — and his vision for the company is equally straightforward

Economic outlook: James Carrick

20 November 2009

Bounce-back merely presages long road to economic recovery

Is TIF model too risky for local authorities?

20 November 2009

Barack Obama is often credited with bringing tax increment financing (TIF) to the world, but it was being used in Chicago two decades before he even began dreaming of the White House

Over-expansion holed Scotland’s flagship

20 November 2009

Why are two Kenmore companies in receivership and 21 in administration (recovery, p22-p23), what does this say about the banks, and how is Scottish property faring in general as we end this grim year?

The great infrastructure planning race

20 November 2009

How long will it be before the lights go out?

What to know: The pre-Budget report

20 November 2009

When chancellor Alistair Darling takes to the dispatch box at 12.30 pm on 9 December, what can the property industry expect?

Events: LandAid Foundation Partners scheme launch

13 November 2009

Property industry charity lays Foundations for Life

Intelligence: Analysis in numbers

13 November 2009

REIT rewards from our Commonwealth cousins

Obituary: Robert Dean

13 November 2009

Giles Barrie remembers the Savills commercial chairman who played a key role at Canary Wharf and IPD

Talking shops: Peter Williams

13 November 2009

How the internet has changed the retail paradigm forever

What to know: Mapic 2009

13 November 2009

Next week, Cannes will play host to the retail property world’s annual expo

City view: James Whitmore

06 November 2009

Quintain: Is this the greatest comeback this millennium?

Fashion Statement: Eric Musgrave

06 November 2009

Christmas will sort the turkeys from the top dogs on the high street

Intelligence: Analysis in numbers

06 November 2009

Cushman & Wakefield: Dream the impossible yield

Nationwide: Richard Blakeway

06 November 2009

Releasing public land could help capital’s affordable housing crisis

What to know: BCSC annual conference

06 November 2009

Shopping centre organisation BCSC expects 2,000 delegates at its conference in Manchester on Monday to Wednesday next week

Banks and propcos make perfect bedfellows

30 October 2009

Land Securities, British Land and Grosvenor are all in the frame for the biggest new property game in town: advising and forming joint ventures with banks

Dare to think the unthinkable: an undersupply in the City of London

30 October 2009

Leasing agents in the City of London are almost genetically programmed to see the upside in any market situation.

Obituary: David Pickford

30 October 2009

Christine Eade remembers the man behind Haslemere and a mentor to a generation

Return of the private investor

30 October 2009

Frustrated with low interest rates and hungry for income, investors cramming themselves back into the country's auction rooms have sparked a mini-boom. Retail funds, too, are showing signs of life

The worst may be over but this ‘mini-boom’ is not sustainable

30 October 2009

So it looks as though 2009 will turn out to be a year of two halves — as 2007 was — but is this incredible recovery sustainable?

Architecture and planning: 23rd October 2009

23 October 2009

Wringing cash out of developers could backfire loudly for Boris

Charmer of the board

23 October 2009

In her first property interview, Alison Carnwath tells James Whitmore about resuscitating Land Securities, her relationship with Francis Salway and "being scary"

INTELLIGENCE: Derivative values

23 October 2009

Derivatives market predicts short-term bubble

Offices 2009 captures new zeitgeist

23 October 2009

Tuesday’s Offices 2009 extravaganza organised by Property Week and CoreNet Global UK, generated two big talking points for the 800 people who attended throughout the day.

Whom to know: Andrew Cunningham

23 October 2009

Mark Shepherd profiles the unassuming new head of Grainger

Grass is only greener for property’s stars

16 October 2009

Mike Hussey, Andrew Jones, Mark Stirling, Simon Holley, Simon Blake, Paul Smith, Keith Dowley, Nigel Fox — the list of big names lezaving property companies and advisers is one of the stories of the autumn

Intelligence - Analysis in numbers

16 October 2009

Property is in for long hangover, warns Cable

Last of the big spenders

16 October 2009

Four UK shopping centre developments that were given the green light during the boom are about to open in the middle of the worst retail slump in living memory

Nationwide: 16 October 2009

16 October 2009

London could take a bite of the Big Apple’s urban renewal dream

What to know - Shopping tax

16 October 2009

Out-of-town retail parks have taken a battering over the last year. Could a tax on parking spaces be the final straw for this sector and, indeed, for retail in general?

‘Otto’ props up tough UK market

9 October 2009

The term doing the rounds at Expo Real was “extend and pretend”: that is what banks that are rolling over loans are doing

CITY VIEW: 9 Oct 2009

9 October 2009

As Yogi might put it, the downturn ain’t over till it’s over

Economic Outlook: 9th Oct 2009

9 October 2009

There’ll be no ‘double dip’, but no boom, either

INTELLIGENCE: Analysis in numbers

9 October 2009

Shops benefit from yield drop, says Cushman

WHAT TO KNOW: Expo Real

9 October 2009

The 12th annual international property convention took place in Munich on 5-7 October

‘Mini-boom’ or ‘dead cat bounce’ — fear and greed will prevail

02 October 2009

Twitter, the social networking site that has yet to turn a profit, is mooted to be worth $1bn, property shares have recovered on average 65% from their trough, as has pricing by 30% for prime and yield covenant stock. Canny investors are buying now, following a drastic over-correction from near-global financial breakdown only 12 months ago

Investment league tables: new today

02 October 2009

Today Property Week and PropertyData team up to give you the first in a series of regular updates on national investment markets

Sort resi ‘benefit fraud’ …

02 October 2009

Sir, I read with interest the article regarding what is essentially benefit fraud, where the tenant holds on to its housing benefit (Property Week, 04.09.09).

Sunderland shows regeneration effort must continue

02 October 2009

Sunderland is not immune from the economic problems that besiege every other city in the UK

Tory “localism”

02 October 2009

The Conservatives have drawn up another election battle line

Whom to know: Mike Hussey

02 October 2009

The former Land Securities London chief is back on the scene

Events: Offices 09

25 September 2009

Three-in-one event is the highlight of offices calendar

Give us the big picture

25 September 2009

Property Week, Drivers Jonas and the City of London corporation are proud to announce the property industry's second photography competition

James Whitmore: City view

25 September 2009

Strategically, the Broadgate sale is perfect, and Chris Grigg is no mug

Sir Stuart Lipton: Developer's view

25 September 2009

The future of building lies in a return to traditional values

Village people

25 September 2009

The winners of the First Into Fashion competition receive an exclusive outlet at London’s Connaught Village

Who to know: David Atkins

25 September 2009

Hammerson’s incoming chief executive takes over from John Richards next week

Man of the house

18 September 2009

John Healey is the latest in a long line of Labour housing ministers – and he plans to stay in the job long enough to solve Britain’s housing problems

Capital chap

11 September 2009

Capital & Regional’s rehabilitation culminated this week with a £70m equity raising. Deirdre Hipwell meets chief executive Hugh Scott-Barrett and Laura Chesters analyses the state of the markets in which Cap & Reg operates

Recovery may never mend a broken reputation

11 September 2009

Entrepreneurial spirit, with Nick Leslau

A note of confidence

04 September 2009

In the first of a new Lloyds Banking Group quarterly property confidence survey, real estate chief Nick Robinson tells James Whitmore the gloom may be lifting

Tories’ parochial power play will backfire

04 September 2009

The politics of property

Don’t blame fraud for risky lending’s losses

28 August 2009

When does bad practice become bent business?

High Pay Commission would stall recovery

28 August 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

George’s IV will please landlords as well as women

21 August 2009

Fashion statement

Councils' litany of shame

07 August 2009

Sir, May I add to the litany of local authorities’ legalised theft (Pay and pay and pay as you go, 03.07.09), the vogue of planning departments to charge for pre-application meetings, and indeed any contact prior to submission

Ombudsman: auctions are an option, not a rule

07 August 2009

Sir, In my 2008 annual report, which was published in March, I mentioned making the highest-ever award in the history of the Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme – now the Property Ombudsman scheme – of £23,880

RICS: Members have final say

07 August 2009

Sir, The first stage of the RICS’s consultation about a possible accreditation or registration scheme for valuers has now been completed. More than 800 responses have been received, both for and against, from valuers and other parties

Debt, Disney and Delhi

31 July 2009

Summer reading, with Ian Wall

Standard’s stalwart

31 July 2009

Standard Life Investments’ longstanding property chief, Alex Watt, is optimistic about recovery, and is spearheading the launch of four new funds

Property’s Quangocracy

24 July 2009

After 10 years and £16bn of expenditure, the days of New Labour’s big-spending regional development agencies look numbered. Hardeep Sandher used the Freedom of Information Act to examine if they have given taxpayers value for money

Time to cut the RDAs out of property

24 July 2009

There was a big disagreement over Sunday lunch in the Barrie household a few weeks back

Buying Brixton

17 July 2009

Once known as the old-fashioned ‘stamp collector’, Segro now has its struggling arch-rival licked. Chief executive Ian Coull tells Nick Duxbury about the planned Brixton takeover

Don't let this chance to revive Britain's stations slip away

17 July 2009

Britain’s railway stations occupy prime land. Their improvement, sometimes with the development of neighbouring land, is something that should be made easier, cheaper and quicker

Tye's new rugby pitch

17 July 2009

Rugby Estates founder David Tye wants investors to put £100m into his new asset management venture

City rents tumble

10 July 2009

The City occupational market has been buoyed this week with the news that Japanese bank Nomura is to take 525,000 sq ft of office accommodation at Watermark Place in the biggest transaction since the onset of the credit crunch

Greenwich means business

10 July 2009

Quintain and Lend Lease have launched a new London office location in the face of the recession. Deirdre Hipwell and Jennifer Rigby examine its prospects, and how London office take-up has fared in the first half of 2009

London offices are critical, but stable

10 July 2009

Offices dominate the headlines this week. Japanese bank Nomura has opted to leave the stench of Lehman behind by moving out of Canary Wharf to a new block near Cannon Street in the City

The crash’s hidden victims

10 July 2009

Charities that care for society’s most vulnerable people have had billions wiped off their budgets by the property crash

Will the NHBC fix it?

10 July 2009

Sir, Having been directly involved and seen the devastation caused by the development of Ruth Peters’ home, I find the response from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) disingenuous (Property Week, 15.05.09)

Banks need to follow government's example

03 July 2009

On Monday, property luminaries gathered in the garden at 10 Downing Street for drinks – which Gordon Brown joked they should avoid ‘because they’ve been ordered by the Treasury’

What next for Broadgate?

03 July 2009

British Land has as much to gain from a part-sale of the jewel in its City of London crown as the little-known Israeli consortium stalking it

It’s cut and dried: spending overhaul is long overdue

26 June 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

We want debate with developers after Chelsea Barracks row

26 June 2009

The row over Chelsea Barracks has put the spotlight on the capital’s architecture as never before. As leader of the council at the heart of the debate, I would like to call on the nation’s architects to rise to the challenge and start putting people at the heart of their designs

Retail at rock bottom

19 June 2009

After the worst period for retail property on record, Colliers CRE’s Midsummer Retail Report, published today, shows that the end of the bear market is in sight

Agencies need to get leaner still

12 June 2009

It’s official: 1,497 of the 11,885 fee-earners employed by the top 20 UK property agencies have left their jobs since we published our last survey

Building up Westminster

12 June 2009

Ensuring London’s Westminster remains a viable place for development is Robert Noel’s goal. The new chairman of the Westminster Property Association talks to Lee Mallett

Mea culpa for MLS

12 June 2009

Paul Williams is sorry for the serviced office group’s failure, but creditors may take some persuading to accept the chief executive and Secret Millionaire star’s apology

A day in the life of the Guv’nor

05 June 2009

Giles Barrie joins Gerald Ronson in Madrid and Valencia to see how the man works

Crunch meeting

05 June 2009

Property Week teamed up with CB Richard Ellis and the BCSC for the fourth Retail Summit on 22 May. This year the theme was ‘Lessons from the crunch’

If you can stand the heat, it’s time to get in the kitchen

05 June 2009

The developer’s view, with Mike Slade

Brixton on the brink

29 May 2009

As ‘D-day’ looms for Brixton, it has entered takeover talks with predator-rival Segro

City view - 29 May 2009

29 May 2009

Five years ago in this column I was extremely critical of Slough Estates

Pipeline crisis – let's return to the old retail development model

29 May 2009

At the last count, there was more than 50m sq ft of Town Centre retail-led regeneration projects in the pipeline but hardly any of them look like happening. There is a huge lull ahead, which will hurt the retail industry (see graph). Retailers will be unable to get the space they want and are starting to fill the void with new-format stores.

‘Parliament’ is now a dirtier word than ‘property’

22 May 2009

The investor’s chronicle, with Lord Oakeshott

The Mountgrange Metamorphosis

22 May 2009

Manish Chande and Martin Myers have re-emerged from the administration of Mountgrange Capital with £850m to spend on ‘the next big thing’

Remove the barriers to London’s outer boroughs

15 May 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Train like a champ: part III

15 May 2009

Ladies world champion Helen Jenkins (née Tucker) cranks up the pace in part three of her exclusive triathlon training programme

Buy now and prudently – if you can find cash

08 May 2009

Entrepreneurial spirit, with Nick Leslau

Corporate excess

01 May 2009

Today’s CBI/GVA Grimley corporate real estate survey shows occupiers are looking to step up space cuts

'Property can learn from bankers' shock

01 May 2009

‘Hospital pass’ is the term cynics used for the roles handed to DTZ’s Paul Idzik and Capital & Regional’s Hugh Scott-Barrett when they were made chief executives at the groups last year

Welcome to the wacky world of sports retail

01 May 2009

Fashion statement, with Eric Musgrave

Eire of despair

24 April 2009

The Irish government’s ‘nuclear option’ of taking on €90bn of banks’ toxic property loans is causing dismay among property investors here

Train like a champ: Part II

17 April 2009

Ladies world champion Helen Jenkins will keep you motivated with part two of her exclusive triathlon training programme

It’s time for the rise of residential investment

17 April 2009

The prospect of institutions investing in residential property has been off the screen as long as Reggie Perrin.

Central Railway: Better freight than never

09 April 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

US auctioneers must be open with results

09 April 2009

Residential property has thrown up two huge talking points this week

Hero or villain?

03 April 2009

Allegations of fraud have tarnished Simon Morris’s reputation as Leeds’ king of buy to let

Riders of gravy train head for trouble

03 April 2009

Lords Young, Kalms, Myners and Harris were there, joined by Sirs Victor Blank, Rocco Forte, David Frost and David Clementi.

Asset... or bank protection scheme?

27 March 2009

Another week, another property casualty. On Monday Martin Myers and Manish Chande’s Mountgrange Capital went into administration, following Castlemore, which succumbed in February

A calm and collected MIPIM finally leaves Disneyland

20 March 2009

Free thinking, with Peter Freeman

Private equity should bail out Brixton

20 March 2009

Brixton’s post-Tim Wheeler era began on Monday with a £768m loss caused by writedowns, and shares sticking around 15p as deep concerns continued over its debt

A brave heart's dream dashed by the downturn

13 March 2009

The politics of property

Councils walk tall in recession-worn Cannes

13 March 2009

The sombre mood at mipim this week reflected the fact that numbers were more than 10,000 down on last year’s peak

An urban renaissance at last under London mayor’s homes agency

06 March 2009

Early one spring morning, at the outset of an economic boom, one of Europe’s largest council estates, the Aylesbury in south London, was the setting for Tony Blair’s first speech as prime minister.

Popularity of local power must not blind Tories to the risks

06 March 2009

Last week the Conservatives launched an ambitious green paper on the reform of local government

The RICS and Macdonald & Company Rewards and Attitudes Survey 2009

06 March 2009

It is official: with 10,476 respondents, this year’s RICS and Macdonald & Company UK Salary, Rewards and Attitudes Survey is the largest and most comprehensive study of its type.

Pray for third bank bailout to work

27 February 2009

Where better to write this week’s column than from Edinburgh, home of the disastrous Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS?

What does the bailout mean for you?

27 February 2009

The government’s asset protection scheme for the banks has profound implications for property

I disagree with Boris over the Crossrail levy

20 February 2009

Last week this magazine covered the two proposals to raise money for Crossrail that have got the development community up in arms: the 2p levy on existing non-residential properties with a rateable value of more than £50,000 in all 33 London boroughs and mayor Johnson’s proposal for what amounts to a compulsory section 106 levy at £19.80/sq ft on new development in central London.

€180bn to spend

13 February 2009

In the second in our Equity Watch series, in partnership with CB Richard Ellis, Mark Shepherd explains the impact of the global financial crisis on levels of real estate equity. Could sterling’s collapse be the UK’s saviour?

Sugar and spice

13 February 2009

Sir Alan Sugar had some choice words when he was interviewed in London’s West End by PropertyWeek.com TV last week

The shape of REITs to come

13 February 2009

Happy faces, hope and a brave new world: that was the flavour of the party at the London Stock Exchange in January 2007 for the official launch of UK REITs

Prepacks that put our pensions in peril

06 February 2009

Investor’s chronicle, with Lord Oakeshott

Boris must feel developers' pain

30 January 2009

Mayor for London Boris Johnson was on good form at last week’s Movers and Shakers property breakfast at the Dorchester hotel, co-hosted by the British Property Federation and chaired by Property Week.

Stars and strife

30 January 2009

It was the poster boy of happier times, but New Star is about to be sold for a fraction of its boom-time value

Cameron would kill off Heathrow's third runway

23 January 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Look who's talking

23 January 2009

New Look chief Phil Wrigley is thriving in the recession – and helping to build bridges with landlords

Occupiers and investors are playing a long sustainability game

23 January 2009

Under pressure from falls in property values and increasing constraints upon cash, sceptics argue that further investment into sustainability initiatives appears unrealistic, given the state of the property market, and that momentum in driving the green agenda forward will simply dry up in the short-to-medium term

Valuers fight back - part 2

23 January 2009

Valuers are determined to defend their record after being accused of either lagging or over-aggressively interpreting the market. In the second part in the series, Mark Shepherd reports on the profession’s cynicism towards the banks and why it is urging the RICS not to tinker with one of the most accurate valuation systems in the world. Tell us your view at valuers@propertyweek.com

How did Valuers become the bad guys of property?

16 January 2009

Valuers are taking flak – from investors when they slash values and from the banks when they don’t. In the first of a three-part series, Mark Shepherd examines how the profession reached this impasse. We want to hear from you: are your valuers being too harsh, or are you a valuer who is giving the correct price? Email us your views at valuers@propertyweek.com

Valuation need not be an ‘impossible job’

16 January 2009

‘Do I not like that,’ said Graham Taylor in An Impossible Job, the programme about his unfortunate reign as England football manager.

Don't expect a 2009 election from 'bottler' Brown

09 January 2009

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

The 2009 RICS and Macdonald & Company rewards and attitudes survey

09 January 2009

Take part in this important – and quick – survey of the profession’s pay and rewards and you could win £500 of travel vouchers, courtesy of Property Week.

Book reviews

19 December 2008

Christmas reading, with Ian Wall

O come, all ye faithful

19 December 2008

The guts and the glory of football’s Christmas period is almost upon us. We talked to property’s biggest fans about their hopes for the big games

Will the property industry sink or swim in 2009?

19 December 2008

James Whitmore investigates the wreckage of 2008 and sifts the rubble for signs of hope in 2009. Illustration by Jamie Cullen

Judgement day: Bank of Scotland/Property Week £30m Search for Property Entrepreneurs

12 December 2008

Investor Nick Leslau, developer Sir Stuart Lipton, Bank of Scotland Corporate chief Peter Cummings and newsreader Katie Derham were just four participants in a dramatic day in London last Thursday.

Wigley report gives new life to City corporation

12 December 2008

The politics of property

Fund managers’ star falls to earth

05 December 2008

Has there ever been a tougher time to be a property fund manager?

Prepack shuffles

05 December 2008

Laura Chesters lifts the lid on the ‘prepack’ administrations that deal struggling retailers and their buyers the best hands and leave landlords with the jokers

Quinlan’s privateers

28 November 2008

Quinlan Private has ridden the Irish boom and plans to survive any bust by going global. Deirdre Hipwell reports from Dublin.

Which businesses are thriving in the downturn?

28 November 2008

Pawn shops and pizza parlours are among the businesses booming in the downturn.

Property joins the party

21 November 2008

Property companies are donating millions to political parties. Who are they and why do they do it?

Liverpool’s lament for retail property

14 November 2008

The mood was bleak at retail property’s annual bonanza in Liverpool this week.

Tories to open up Gateway

14 November 2008

Shadow minister for the Thames Gateway, Stewart Jackson, promises a full overhaul of the area

Can the West End up its game against Westfield?

7 November 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Obama’s win won’t speed US investors

7 November 2008

Barack Obama’s victory in the US elections has given hope to the world.

City to cities

31 October 2008

Land Securities, Exemplar, Development Securities, Ballymore and Terrace Hill were the big winners at this year’s Office Development Awards.

Niche firms due for a comeback

31 October 2008

Agents are dominating property conversation right now.

£370bn says no

24th October 2008

Empty rates are crippling the property industry, killing regeneration and stealing working peoples’ pensions. Britain’s biggest industry and property names have joined the massed ranks in calling today for Gordon Brown to restore empty rate relief.

Westfield mega-mall steamrollers into town

24th October 2008

Westfield London is an amazing property feat.

‘Nationalised’ banks can be port in a storm

17 October 2008

‘creating dustbin trusts full of toxic assets is delaying a problem, not solving it. Why shouldn’t the US government take large equity stakes in banks instead?’

Five critical questions

17 October 2008

Five tumultuous weeks have turned the property landscape on its head. What now? Laura Chesters, Deirdre Hipwell and Jennifer Rigby have the answers to the questions everyone is asking

Welcome to 2009

17 October 2008

Today we launch our 2009 features programme, with a commitment to cover the market in more depth and with more analysis than ever before.

Give us the big picture

10 October 2008

Send us your photos of property life and you could win a £750 prize

What the boom gave, the credit crunch will take away

10 October 2008

The banker’s statement, with James Brent

Crises send voters into Gordon’s familiar arms

3 October 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Pushed to the limit

3 October 2008

On 4 May 2007, Property Week launched its ‘Empty Threat’ campaign against empty rates by showing the effect on Leeds. Rates were introduced on 1 April this year.

€250bn lifeline

26 September 2008

As we enter uncharted financial territory, Mark Shepherd kicks off a new ‘Equity Watch’ series by investigating how much cash could be available to spend on European property, with analysis from CB Richard Ellis’s Nick Axford and Michael Haddock

Give us the big picture

26 September 2008

Send us your photos of property life and you could win a £750 prize

Occupiers, opinion, opera

26 September 2008

Property Week, CoreNet Global UK and the Office Agents Society organised last week’s Offices 08 conference for 650 delegates at the Celtic Manor Resort.

Queensberry rules

19 September 2008

Hundreds of property professionals ran, cycled, kayaked, dangled and scrambled their way through this summer’s Buccleuch Property Challenge.

Who is Glenn Maud?

19 September 2008

How did he finance a €1.9bn purchase in the depths of the credit crunch? And can he now pull off ‘Project Sparkle’?

Chelsea’s power show

12 September 2008

The blue-blooded residents of London’s Belgravia are up in arms over the Candys’ and Qatari Diar’s plans for Chelsea Barracks.

Aviva la difference

5 September 2008

Ian Womack, head of Aviva’s renamed and restructured property arm, tells Mike Phillips how he plans to bounce back from a tough year for investors. Photographs by Julian Anderson

Humbled by life’s genuine superheroes

5 September 2008

Entrepreneurial spirit, with Nick Leslau

Boris must learn from Parker mistake

29 August 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

The climate crusader

29 August 2008

Adair Turner, the man charged with guiding the government’s strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, believes the property industry has a key role to play.

You can bank on inequality

29 August 2008

Consumers will always pay the price for the big banks’ mistakes.

Georgia’s Brave Face

22 August 2008

Russia’s military action in South Ossetia has raised doubts over the future of Georgia’s emerging property sector but optimism remains.

‘Genius’ Alan Yau’s restaurant revelations

08 August 2008

Despite being credited with changing the way the UK eats out, Alan Yau is a modest, albeit a driven, man.

Retailers are heading for a rents bloodbath in January

08 August 2008

Talking shop

Olympic legacy is a recipe for disaster

01 August 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Can we get a mortgage?

25 July 2008

Just how hard is it for the typical Property Week reader to get on the housing ladder? As first time-buyer Justin Wood discovers, even a 10% deposit no longer guarantees a mortgage.

Captains and cavegirls

25 July 2008

The sun shone and the wind blew on the Solent last month for Anglo Irish’s jungle-themed regatta

We women are are doing our bit by going shopping

25 July 2008

Talking shop, with Fiona Hamilton

Coffer and Rose named top personalities at the 2008 Retail and Leisure Property Awards

18 July 2008

More than 800 of the biggest names in the retail and leisure sectors shrugged off the market gloom to attend the Retail and Leisure Property Awards, organised by Property Week in association with the Shop Agents Society, Accessible Retail and the Leisure Property Forum, at London’s Grosvenor House hotel on 3 July.

Revealed: Murdoch’s HQ plans decision

18 July 2008

A secret document obtained by Property Week lifts the lid on News International’s property strategy. But, Deirdre Hipwell asks, will it be left in disarray by the credit crunch?

Empty rates force rise in demolitions

11 July 2008

With the wrecking ball swinging, Jennifer Rigby continues our campaign against empty rates

Wrecking ball destroys route to recovery

11 July 2008

You will find few examples of how out of touch this government is with the whole of business than the sight of the wrecking ball swinging across Britain.

Blood letting is vital step towards market recovery

04 July 2008

Outlook is positive for those tough enough to survive debt drought, argues Nick Leslau

Carry on campers

04 July 2008

New owner Ocean Parcs will have to change the public’s perception of holiday centres to make its £46m purchase of Pontin’s pay off. Sean McAllister reports from Weston-super-Mare

Landaid ahoy!

04 July 2008

The ‘captains’ of the property industry proved they could do more than sing a few sea shanties at LandAid’s annual ‘battle of the bands’ fundraiser, Party near the Park.

Something for summer on a shoestring

04 July 2008

Everything is going to hell in a hand basket. Prices are rising, the economy is slowing and low interest rates are a thing of the past.

A private future beckons for DTZ

27 June 2008

DTZ has had a bruising year – A plunging share price, question marks over its acquisition of Donaldsons then, last week, news of redundancies.

Redundancies bite

27 June 2008

As the credit crunch continues, jobs are being cut throughout the property industry.

Big guns wise to target occupiers

20 June 2008

Even last year, people were paying tens of millions for empty buildings – albeit with short rental guarantees.

Power dressing

20 June 2008

Will the latest plan for Battersea Power Station, REO’s £4bn, Vinoly-designed ‘Eco-Dome’ become a reality?

It’s bad – and the market is getting worse

13 June 2008

The banker’s statement, with James Brent

Agency 2008: UK professional firms compared

06 June 2008

Property Week’s annual survey of the agency world starkly reveals how the credit crunch is beginning to bite.

Critical condition

06 June 2008

Property sales at inflated values have been the NHS’s life support machine. Now the credit crunch is switching it off.

A top pair of perennial property paragons

30 May 2008

James Whitmore, Deputy Editor

Splash with the cash

30 May 2008

Having secured a £125m facility, Tom Bloxham has sold a quarter of Urban Splash to its management team. Paul Unger reports.

Top 50 investment agents

30 May 2008

The poll is closed and the results are in

A Fate worse than debt

23 May 2008

…is that there is no new funding for a market saddled with £200bn of commercial property debt. Daniel Thomas reports on De Montfort University’s latest bank lending survey

Rise in rural land values lures investors to the country

23 May 2008

After decades of decline, farmland is attracting investors hoping to cash in on soaring values. Country boy Nick Duxbury returns to his roots to investigate. Photographs by Joelle Depont

Boris will axe Ken’s ‘phallocratic towers’

16 May 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

The world at one

16 May 2008

Grosvenor’s £1bn regeneration behemoth, Liverpool One, opens to the public on 29 May. Paul Unger reviews a new UK retail landmark.

Don't write off Ken for 2012

09 May 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Bargain Britain

02 May 2008

Nick Duxbury bought the same basket of food at three discount supermarkets to show why they are booming in the downturn. He also explains their property strategies.

Lifestyle

02 May 2008

Something for the bank holiday weekend, with James Max

Sweat your assets to stay ahead

02 May 2008

‘Back to Basics’ was a phrase coined by John Major during the last economic downturn – and coined again by Miller Developments chief Phil Miller this week.

Competition ‘remedies’ will affect us all

25 April 2008

Commission’s proposals will hit retailers, developers and communities, says Tesco’s Lucy Neville-Rolfe

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25 April 2008

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The house of Morgan

25 April 2008

One year after the 1m sq ft deal was struck, will JP Morgan honour its costly commitment to relocate to the City of London after taking on the liabilities of Bear Stearns?

Billionaire’s Playground

18 April 2008

Retail giant Sir Philip Green gives Laura Chesters a rare insight into the property strategy behind his empire

Eyes down

18 April 2008

April has brought nothing but bad news to the bingo industry. Richard Heap reports from Seldons Bingo & Social Club, which is expected to close this year.

M&S must be careful in its handling of Rose

18 April 2008

Talking shop, with Eric Musgrave

Planes, claims and hedgehogs

11 April 2008

The last rites for a madcap plan to create a property ‘one-stop shop’ are expected next week. At its height, Erinaceous was worth £400m. Now it is worth £1.5m.

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04 April 2008

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Ken’s ‘donor-gate’ underlines crisis in political funding

04 April 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Valuers need to wield the axe again

04 April 2008

Valuers have received plenty of praise for responding to the dramatic market of recent times, not least here (‘Valuers have shifted up a gear at last’, leader, 18.01.08). However, they must be extremely careful now not to slip back into the bad old ways.

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28 March 2008

Sainsbury’s: proud to be a prop-co

28 March 2008

‘Op-co/Prop-Co’ is becoming as dated a term as ‘credit mortgage-backed securities’ or ‘payment in kind’ note.

10 Reasons Not to be Cheerful (Part II)

20 March 2008

Back in July 2007 we outlined here property’s 10 Reasons Not to be Cheerful.

Bankers must learn from calamities of past year

20 March 2008

Fundamentally speaking, with Steve Smith

Dead cat bounce

20 March 2008

A sombre MIPIM and JP Morgan Chase’s rescue of Bear Stearns have ruined property’s weak recovery.

Darwinian mood sweeps stormy MIPIM

14 March 2008

‘Sombre, but not catastrophic’ is how the chief executive of one quoted developer summed up MIPIM this week.

Heartbreak hotels

14 March 2008

The credit crunch may put paid to future high-profile investment transactions but an influx of overseas wealth could keep UK hotels buoyant. Laura Chesters reports from Berlin at the world’s largest hotel investment forum

Knott’s landing

14 March 2008

North-west Property Personality of the Year Ken Knott led the celebrations with guest of honour the Duke of Westminster at the North West Property Awards, held on 28 February in Liverpool in front of 1,200 people and organised by Property Week and English Partnerships. Photographs by Oliver Knight

Size isn’t everything. It’s what BAA does with Heathrow that counts

14 March 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Has he got views for you

07 March 2008

Boris Johnson is within a hair’s breadth of toppling Ken Livingstone as London mayor. Christine Eade hears him make his property pitch.

The power of London - Mayoral candidates talk property

07 March 2008

Before the industry headed off for MIPIM, Property Week gave property’s big hitters the chance to grill three of the London mayoral candidates. David Doyle reports from the hustings.

Debt Dilemmas

29 February 2008

Six months after the credit crunch, Mike Phillips explains how debt-driven investors are seeing their finances stretched. And Property Week explains how fears over the wider economy are beginning to slow development

Flower Power

29 February 2008

You are just as likely to see a property tycoon at your local garden centre as your grandma.

Zero-carbon cannot be achieved at zero cost

29 February 2008

Spring is set to bring a government demand for 100% zero-carbon commercial property development by 2020 (professional + legal, p78).

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22 February 2008

We haven’t reached rock bottom yet

22 February 2008

The banker’s statement, with James Brent

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15 February 2008

Goodman goes live

08 February 2008

Property Week’s Giles Barrie flew to Sydney to spend the morning with Greg Goodman, as the global industrial property mogul hit back at his critics with a new finance deal and prepared to headline at ‘Sheds’

Qinetiq 'scandal' MPs overlook MOD property sales - Military manoeuvres

08 February 2008

While the Public Accounts Committee rages over the sale of the Ministry of Defence’s research division, its property assets have given the taxpayer better value.

Ignore prince’s latest agenda at your peril

01 February 2008

Love him or hate him, since the Prince of Wales first showed an interest in architecture in the early 1980s he has been a big influence on the development scene.

Prince and the revolution

01 February 2008

Prince Charles signalled an important shift in his interest in property this week. With developers now firmly in his sights, the prince speaks to Property Week while, Christine Eade reports on how his organisations have already helped shape projects throughout the UK

Up the junction

25 January 2008

Land Securities and Delancey are planning a £400m makeover for the busiest railway station in Britain.

Change is the only certainty in presidential race

18 January 2008

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Valuers have shifted up a gear – at last

18 January 2008

When Investment Property Databank co-founding director Ian Cullen says a market shift is ‘staggering’, you know things are serious.

Open and shut case

11 January 2008

Investors in open-ended funds are heading for the door, while the managers of many closed-ended funds face termination if investors vote against rolling over.Property funds have been around since the 1960s, but 2008 will be their most difficult year ever.Mike Phillips looks at how the £85bn fund management industry will cope with the downturn and how its actions will define property as an asset class.

2008 the year ahead

04 January 2008

In a market still recovering from the unprecedented impact of the credit crunch, the outlook for 2008 seems bleak. Or is it? In its annual Property Predictions bulletin, partners from King Sturge present their outlook for the year ahead, showing the opportunities and weaknesses across all sectors of the UK market

Hold on for a tough – but exciting – 2008

04 January 2008

In one sense we made our predictions for 2008 on 6 July last year, giving 10 Reasons Not to be Cheerful. Among these were the antics of ‘nervy banks’, a slowing investment market and cracks showing at retail funds.

Gordon Brown looks like a dead man walking

21 December 2007

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Fame game turns to blame game

14 December 2007

Until recently most people thought shopping centres were owned by the council, offices by their occupiers and homes by those who lived in them.

It’s a miserable life

14 December 2007

Laura Chesters reports from New York on how the subprime crisis is driving the US closer to recession, and offers hope for the future from the heirs to the Trump dynasty

Crunch brings breaks for young talent

07 December 2007

Nick Candy, guest Editor and co-head of Candy & Candy

The Hot 100: 1 - 25

07 December 2007

We asked you to tell us, and over the last six weeks, more than 1,000 votes were cast via text and web poll.

The Hot 100: 51 - 75

07 December 2007

51 Tom Tyler

Bird-brained thinking hampers Gateway

30 November 2007

Rainham Marshes’ RSPB Centre in Purfleet is an excellent new amenity for a forgotten area.

Coming soon from the land of the rising trend

30 November 2007

Talking shop, with Fiona Hamilton

Market will hit Rock bottom before things get better

23 November 2007

The politics of property

Olympics provide gateway to a brighter future

23 November 2007

Games will hasten Thames Gateway’s transformation

Diamond life

16 November 2007

A wealthy class of black South Africans has emerged from the townships to drive the country’s retail economy.

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16 November 2007

Marks and Parks

16 November 2007

Marks & Spencer finance chief Ian Dyson and property chief Clem Constantine tell Christine Eade the full story behind the retailer’s property strategy, unveiled to the City last week.

Talk of the township

16 November 2007

A new 2m sq ft shopping mall in Soweto signals the township’s growing importance as a retail destination.

Enter the Dragon

09 November 2007

Dragon’s Den’s new panellist looks set to be property’s next celebrity. Mike Phillips talks to James Caan about stepping into the limelight

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09 November 2007

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09 November 2007

Dozen ways to revive a seaside town

Save our seaside

09 November 2007

From Brighton to Bognor and Scarborough to Skegness, Britain’s seaside resorts are in decline.

Edge superstores out, but save our centres

02 November 2007

Our house in London’s Greenwich, where this column was written, has three Tescos, two Sainsbury’s and two Asdas nearby.

Going Places - 02 November 2007

02 November 2007

This weeks movers

This correction will end with high fives all round

02 November 2007

Free thinking, with Peter Freeman

Halabi feels the heat

26 October 2007

Simon Halabi’s meteoric rise in UK property has been tempered by the collapse of his Esporta fitness chain. Deirdre Hipwell finds out how he plans to fight back

Trillium shares deal would boost sector

26 October 2007

Walk down the Strand at any time in the last few weeks and you will have seen the midnight oil burning brightly at Land Securities’ headquarters.

Carnage of 1990s puts perspective on crunch

19 October 2007

Today we devote 13 pages to the credit crunch in the hope of helping you to divine whether this is will be a ghastly repeat of the 1990s crash or just a very nasty slowdown indeed.

Industrial strength

19 October 2007

Comedian Omid Djalili had the cream of the industrial property world rolling in the aisles at the Industrial Agents Society awards luncheon earlier this month.

Welcome to 2008

19 October 2007

Bigger, bolder and better than ever before, Property Week today sets out in full its plans for next year.

Brown’s slipped up with his election problem

12 October 2007

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Smart money is heading east

12 October 2007

Investment property’s annual sortie to Munich’s Expo Real found UK property near the bottom of the class.

Eleven million square feet to let

5 October 2007

 A billion pounds worth of shopping centres opens this autumn. Another £3bn opens next year. Laura Chesters investigates their prospects as retailers continue to feel the pain

Sainsbury’s makes the difference

5 October 2007

Full marks to Sainsbury’s for planning an audacious move to King’s Cross.

Time to break up Erinaceous

28 September 2007

Erinaceous’s ailments this week have left property with a textbook lesson in how not to build a business.

A swell time

28 September 2007

Sean McAllister reports from the annual Alder King Surf Challenge at sunny Woolacombe in Devon

Bravehearts

28 September 2007

Braving all manner of fashion and physical challenges, 60 teams squared up to this year’s Buccleuch Property Challenge.

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28 September 2007

A History of Modern Property Part 1: 1971-1979

21 September 2007

Today we start a seven-part series chronicling three decades of property in the modern era.Our plan is to help readers of all ages learn from previous property cycles in the current troubled times. This week Derek Penfold and Property Week readers look back at an era of a banking crisis uncannily like today’s

Good ship property starts to list

21 September 2007

If the outlook looked rocky in this column on 26 May 2006, then matters have taken an awful turn for the worse since particularly in the last month.

Christmas can't come too soon for retailers

14 September 2007

Talking shop, with Eric Musgrave

Quality of life is a matter of convenience

14 September 2007

The politics of property.

What does the credit crunch mean for you

14 September 2007

The malaise that started in the US subprime mortgage market has taken hold of UK banks and their desire to lend.

Empty rates: the final countdown commences

07 September 2007

The government’s consultation process ends next month, and still your letters flood in

Happy ending for Trinity’s Unholy Row

07 September 2007

After eight years of legal battles between its previous owners, Leeds’ Trinity shopping centre is finally getting off the ground. Laura Chesters meets the men at LandSecs and Caddick who are making it happen.

Going places

31 August 2007

This weeks movers

The parent trap

31 August 2007

Pregnant? In property? Poor you. Claer Barrett reveals the shocking state of the industry’s maternity pay

Beefeater back on the menu

24 August 2007

After a £2.5bn sell-off, bid target Whitbread is focusing on budget hospitality with three brands: Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and Beefeater steak restaurants.

Lifestyle

24 August 2007

Something for the bank holiday weekend, with James Max

Redwood gives Cameron plenty to chew over

Global Aug 2007

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Alms and the man

10 August 2007

Sir Tom Hunter has made a fortune through property, and is to give £1bn of it to good causes. James Whitmore meets the UK’s biggest philanthropist.

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10 August 2007

Book reviews

03 August 2007

Summer reading, with Ian Wall

Food, glorious food makes retail that bit more appetising

03 August 2007

Talking shop, with Fiona Hamilton

Pierre pressure

03 August 2007

Pierre Vaquier takes the helm at Axa REIM, as the ‘easy days’ of investment come to an end and India and Japan beckon. Mark Shepherd reports from Paris.

Banks must act responsibly as party ends

27 July 2007

Fundamentally speaking, with Steve Smith

Lifestyle

27 July 2007

Something for the weekend, with James Max

The plain truth about flooding

27 July 2007

From well-to-do investors owning high street shops to retail occupiers to the mighty British Land, huge swathes of the property community are afflicted by the floods.

Canary spreads its wings

20 July 2007

While most UK landlords are struggling with the slowdown in the market, Canary Wharf Group is taking advantage of boom conditions in London.

Freedom of information

20 July 2007

Our searchable database of deals, market reports from the experts and regional retail details from Experian are all FREE

London’s streets must stay paved with gold

20 July 2007

Five years ago, London’s West End was populated by big quoted companies, the media and government.

Empty rates raid insults Labour heartlands

13 July 2007

Today Property Week will be parcelling up hundreds of your cogently argued missives to Gordon Brown through our Empty Threat campaign against the cancellation of relief from empty rates.

Summer living

13 July 2007

We showcased all the biggest property events this week at www.propertyweek.com for FREE. For coverage of your launch, party or dinner, email our web editor at hemanuel@cmpi.biz

10 reasons not to be cheerful

6 July 2007

Six months in, here is Property Week’s 2007 half-year report.

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6 July 2007

What next for the shard?

6 July 2007

A project run by a dysfunctional trio arguing over the spoils or a happy band of visionaries keen to develop Europe’s tallest tower?

Fresh Waterloo

29 June 2007

P&O and Morgan Stanley today submit plans for a £1bn scheme on London’s South Bank.

Paul Stoodley’s Second Life

29 June 2007

Neptune Land’s managing director is buying virtual development sites that exist only on the internet. Is he misguided, or a visionary? Jonathan Brasse meets him

Sad loss of driving force behind Cushman's European growth

29 June 2007

Former Cushman & Wakefield EMEA chief, who died last week aged 60

Educated by Reita

22 June 2007

Lydia Stockdale went to Glasgow with the campaign that is taking the REIT message to independent financial advisers.

US and China will fuel cross-border fire

22 June 2007

DTZ’s head of capital markets, Mike Cutteridge, used to stroll into work at a civilised hour, spending his day dealing with contacts within a stone’s throw of his Mayfair office.

Words of Wisdom

22 June 2007

Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bob Dyson was guest of honour at Property Week’s inaugural regional First Friday Club in Manchester.

Freedom of information

15 June 2007

Our searchable database of deals, market reports from the experts and regional retail details from Experian are all FREE

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15 June 2007

We will rock you!

15 June 2007

The property world rocked Old Billingsgate last week for Party near the Park. 1,000 property professionals filled the City of London venue last Thursday for an evening of entertainment that raised more than £100,000 for Land Aid. The event was compered by rock legend Rick Wakeman.

Property can solve UK’s homes headache

8 June 2007

Residential has never been higher up the agenda for the property industry.

This weeks hottest tickets

8 June 2007

The new FREE events section at www.propertyweek.com this week showcased property’s biggest events.

Home information pack U-turn is a right Balls-up

01June 2007

The politics of property, with Steven Norris

Banks must hold nerve while secondary burns

25 May 2007

True story: Investor A wants to borrow £100m to buy a shopping centre.

Lifestyle

25 May 2007

Something for ‘The Season’, with James Max

The point of no return

25 May 2007

At £172.5bn, property lending has hit a new high. But with yields below the cost of borrowing, how much further can it go? Jim Pickard reviews the latest De Montfort University Commercial Property Lending Report

Briant Champion Long: Nine rec

18 May 2007

‘All three of our departments have been firing on all cylinders this year: retail agency, professional and investment,’ beams a delighted Mark Phillipson (pictured right), managing director at Briant Champion Long, at having discovered his company tops the Agency 2007 table of turnover per fee-earner.

Search me

18 May 2007

All of our news stories and features, professional advice and databank columns, and more than 10,000 property deals can be accessed FREE in our comprehensive online archive

Free data at your fingertips

11 May 2007

Our searchable database of deals, market reports from the experts and regional retail detail from Experian are all FREE

Let nature and nurture take their course

11 May 2007

Genetics count for a lot in this industry, says Felicity Devonshire

Sweat to impress

11 May 2007

Having made its name as a status symbol for the affluent, David Lloyd is at the centre of a bidding war for its £950m property portfolio.

A lost cause

4 May 2007

Industry leaders believe home information packs will fail to help housebuyers.

Developers beware: builders call the shots

4 May 2007

Our London and Skyline supplements, published with today’s issue, celebrate the capital in all its glory.

85 stories in a week

27 April 2007

Breaking news stories from first thing in the morning till the end of the working day, plus a daily digest of top 10 property stories from the national newspapers come FREE with our new website

Hanover Square

27 April 2007

Lifestyle

27 April 2007

Something for the barbie, with James Max

shedmasters

27 April 2007

Sunshine, champagne and sheds come together at Shedmasters

Free steps to heaven

20 April 2007

News, gossip and data are ‘must haves’ for property people the world over. Today Property Week brings you all three every day FREE through our new website. Giles Barrie explains

Rate relief robbery is an empty gesture

20 April 2007

Full marks to General Motors’ European property chief, Julian Lyons.

The first ‘green billionaire’

13 April 2007

Vincent Tchenguiz wants to make his next fortune through the environment.

Hanover Square

13 April 2007

Dig deeper to unearth UK’s hidden gems

05 April 2007

Property is only expensive relative to property.