All Property Week articles in 11 November 2022 – Page 5
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NewsGovernment urged to boost later-living housing provision
Industry backs Mayhew Review’s call for a target of building 50,000 new homes per year for senior citizens
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OnlineAuctions are an excellent bellwether of the market
Despite the fact we are living through turbulent times, the desire to continue trading remains strong.
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InsightHigh debt costs and low yields to affect BTR appetite
In response to your recent article ‘BTR sector set to keep growing as economic situation worsens’, I would agree with the effects of rising demand due to a chronic shortage of rental property and a growing tenant pool.
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InsightTime for practical action on climate
Record-breaking temperatures in the UK and Europe over the summer and extreme weather events globally should in theory have galvanised the governments and corporations attending COP27.
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OnlineActing sustainably must become business as usual
At Octopus Real Estate, we have always done things differently. Investing in real estate is, of course, about making a return for investors.
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NewsM7 joint venture assembles regional asset portfolio
Investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has acquired 15 industrial, retail warehouse and office investments in a joint venture (JV) with investment and technology development firm DE Shaw group.
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NewsCOP27 is a ‘lost opportunity’
COP27 has been described as a “lost opportunity for real estate” as the industry is once again “heavily underrepresented” at the climate conference, despite a growing spotlight on decarbonisation.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
Property Week revealed that TK Maxx was to open its first-ever Oxford Street store, days after New Look announced plans to close up to 100 UK stores, including its Oxford Street base.
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InsightSustainability must take priority
No matter the current government appetite for new housing, what is clear from both a political and social perspective is that the UK needs to keep building new homes to meet demand.
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ProfessionalHousing sector heading for MMC
Housebuilders staring down the 2025 Future Homes Standard – which will mandate a 75% to 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions produced by new homes – face a tidal wave that will not wash over without the wholesale adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC).
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MarketsModular is a long-term game
Optimism remains in a sector that has been hit with a flurry of insolvencies, as Tim Clark reports.
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ProfessionalTapping into suburban flex space
For flexible workspace operators, big cities are still massively desirable, and understandably so, as they have established markets and are still attractive places for people to work in. But changing work patterns are opening up potential new locations for flex space offers.
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InsightGlimpsing the moon’s dark side
A potted history to give a sense of perspective of what might be coming: between mid-2007 and mid-2010, the top UK commercial agents shed 3,300 fee-earning staff, a decrease of around 20% during the deepest recession since the 1930s. Capital values fell by 24% between July 2007 and September 2008. ...
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InsightTop tips to tackle housing crisis
The government has long pledged its commitment to tackling the UK’s housing shortage, which began not because of a blip lasting one year but because not enough homes were built over many decades.
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ProfessionalQ&A: five minutes with Derek Pratt, commercial director at Sourced Capital
Derek Pratt, commercial director at peer-to-peer lending platform Sourced Capital, on how he got started in property and his cultural recommendations.
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NewsBusinesses increasingly look to switch from long leases to flex
More than 50% of businesses looking to reduce their office space are considering a switch from long leases to flex, reveals an independent survey by flex space operator Orega, consisting of 500 business leaders and 2,000 UK office workers.
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InsightGo hybrid – it’s good for business
Stanford University professor Nicholas Bloom couldn’t have summed up the value of hybrid working any better than in a recent interview with Time magazine: “As an economist, I’d point out that firms don’t do things that lose them money. They do things that make them money. That’s why every firm ...
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ProfessionalConveyancers told to brace for worsening economic outlook
CLC tells its members to prepare for slowdown in workloads ahead of expected falls in transaction volumes.
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InsightThe Climate Crusade: big interview with Grosvenor Property's James Raynor
Grosvenor Property UK chief executive James Raynor warns that short-term, cyclical upheavals should not mean we abandon long-term thinking about sustainability.
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InsightSilver lining to asset retrofitting
The government’s 2019 manifesto commitment to build 300,000 new homes a year has been in dispute across 2022.
