All Property Week articles in 19 May 2017 – Page 5
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Online
Burberry agrees year's largest office letting in Leeds
Fashion giant Burberry is understood to have taken 46,000 sq ft at 6 Queen Street in Leeds in the largest office leasing deal in the city this year.
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Online
British Land, Foxtons shares fall
Shares in British Land fell 3.4% on Wednesday after the UK’s second largest listed property company reported its annual results.
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Markets
Council housebuilding – is it due for a revival?
“Whether you rent or buy, everyone needs the security of a place to call home,” Theresa May told The Sunday Times last weekend. “That’s why we will fix the broken housing market and support local authorities and housing associations to build a new generation of council homes right across ...
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Insight
Clouds gather over UK housing market
The latest housing market surveys from the RICS, Nationwide and Halifax make for grim reading.
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News
Bank of England's residential forum to get new chairman
Former British Land director Nick Ritblat is set to step down as chairman of the Bank of England’s Residential Property Forum later this year to make way for Andrew Baddeley-Chappell, who left Nationwide Building Society after 25 years earlier this year.
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News
Big-ticket resi lots help Savills raise over £40m at latest sale
The sale of a number of big-ticket houses helped take the total raised at Savills’ third national auction of the year over the £40m mark.
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Information
Bumper start to year for office take-up in London’s Midtown
A string of large lettings sent office take-up in London’s Midtown rocketing to its highest level since Q3 2015 in the first quarter, according to Farebrother.
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News
HSBC and LaSalle seek buyer for retail-to-residential site
HSBC Bank Pension Trust and LaSalle Investment Management are looking to offload a retail park in Watford for around £50m that is earmarked for a 1,000-unit residential scheme.
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News
Double hire boosts L&G's resi growth
Legal General has made a double hire to strengthen its housing team, poaching two senior figures from Berkeley Homes and build-to-rent (BTR) developer Essential Living.
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News
Loan finances Inspired move in north of England
Inspired Asset Management has secured a £17m development finance loan from UBS Asset Management for its first scheme in the north of England.
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Markets
Back of the net: CBRE claim the inaugural PW Cup at Loftus Road
A new venue, title sponsor and organisers helped to make property’s original sporting contest, which has run since 1966, more prized than ever in 2017.
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Markets
How building prefab residential pods above car parks could help alleviate the housing crisis
It’s no secret that the housing crisis blighting this small, overpopulated island of ours is caused primarily by scarcity of land. But what if you could put up houses without land?
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Insight
The elephant in the Tories’ room remains the future of Help to Buy
I’ve never been invited to the Home Builders Federation annual lunch, which is unsurprising given my less-than-glowing comments about the industry down the years. But I know a man who was at this year’s shindig, and it seems that politics was on the menu more than ever before.
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Insight
Is student accommodation or BTR a better bet for investors?
It’s often said that student accommodation and the build-to-rent (BTR) sector have a lot in common. Both involve renting out purpose-built flats, both are predominantly aimed at a younger, urban demographic and both use branding and amenities to attract customers.
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Insight
All eyes on the home straight: housing white paper roundtable
A group of leading housing experts gathered at Howard Kennedy’s London Bridge offices last month to discuss the recent housing white paper and the wider issues facing supply in the residential market. Co-sponsored by Savills, the debate included contributions from both the public and private sectors.
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Insight
Eyes on the prize: 2017 RESI Awards winners gallery
The great and the good of the housing industry gathered at London’s Grosvenor House hotel last week for the RESI Awards 2017. Hosted by comedian Paul Chowdhry, the evening was a celebration of the very best the residential sector has to offer. We reveal what made the winners stand out ...
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News
British Land to launch flexible workspace brand
British Land will launch a branded flexible workspace offer as it looks to take advantage of an increasing trend towards shorter leases and co-working.
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Professional
People Moves: ING UK, Octane Capital, GVA, Linden Homes and more
All the latest moves, appointments and promotions from across the property sector.
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Professional
Griffiths snags directorship in CBRE North West team
Ian Griffiths has become a director in CBRE’s North West planning and development team in Manchester.
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Professional
Supreme Court rules on importance of ability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment that will have profound implications for the development of green-belt land.