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Vital Signs: The De Montfort report
De Montfort lending report shows signs of optimism for first time in seven years. Mike Phillips reports
Elephant’s Mammoth Task
Southwark Council and Lend Lease have faced significant challenges in redeveloping one of south London’s most colourful estates. As they prepare to clear the site, local residents hope the regeneration will bring social benefit to the area. David Hatcher reports. Photography by Tim Foster
Alter egos
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
Great Exportations
Promoting the UK’s ninth-biggest export- London residential - to foreign buyers could help to improve the country’s economic fortunes. Emma Haslett reports.
Opinion
Let no valuation office put these properties asunder
The ongoing saga of a business rates assessment for accountancy firm Mazars finally reached its conclusion last month.
Portas and policy makers' high street headache
“Portas is a legacy of Blair’s celebrity culture, but she’s not Sir Bob and the high street isn’t Africa. She’s a distraction not a solution,” — @tpfv23, aka Jones Lang LaSalle head of retail Tim Vallance.
Global capital flows are now what move markets
Overseas capital has for a long time played a significant role in the key property markets of Europe, but rarely has it been as noticeable and important as it is today.
Rates decision has closed Britain to business
Sir, I couldn’t agree more with your article titled, “Portas pilots suffer from ‘disastrous’ rates decision” (PropertyWeek.com, 07.05.13).
Development tax is doomed
Sir, I read Tom Papworth’s column on capturing development land value increase, which would appear to be another development land tax and is an age-old conundrum (professional, 03.05.13).
Regions are fine, thanks
Sir, Another issue goes by with publications like Property Week and city surveys ignoring Nottingham, Leicester and Derby.
10 years and out — thank you and good luck
This is my last column as editor of Property Week, after 10 years in the chair.
Obtuse authorities must be open to conversion
Communities secretary Eric Pickles’ promise to ease office-to-residential conversion last month has become one of the biggest property talking points of the year.
Google and geeks put buzz back into London
Google’s agreement to buy a 1m sq ft building at London’s King’s Cross is the UK property deal of the 21st century so far
