All 2019 Predictions articles – Page 6
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Insight
Trump’s radical Wall Street agenda offers hope for New York’s mega-builders
No initiative on president Donald Trump’s agenda matters more to the commercial property world than his stated intention to “do a big number” on Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulations.
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The hybrid model is the office of the future
A new flexible office solution has arrived: the hybrid model. Finally, a solution that allows growing businesses to take the space they need on terms that suit their growth plans.
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The housing white paper – fix or fudge?
The long-delayed housing white paper was intended to identify how the government will deliver its one million new homes by the 2020 target. While much has already been written about the document, only one question matters: will it succeed in that aim?
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Reasons to be cheerful in challenging times
Notwithstanding recent reports of increasing distress in the property market, things are certainly not all bad as we look into 2017 (06.01.17).
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Lure of London will always prevail over domestic gloom
It would be easy to have a gloomy outlook in London at the moment.
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What the future office will look like
As the office market continues to evolve apace, I wanted to highlight some under-mentioned trends.
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Markets
How automation and AI are transforming the space we need
First, computers beat us at chess. Then, two weeks ago, one beat a table of Texas Hold’em champions at poker. Now computers are coming for your job.
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Markets
Will investor interest keep up with proptech’s growth?
Tech investors are increasingly turning their attention to proptech in search of opportunities to buy in small and cash out big. And the love affair is mutual.
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Markets
Proptech comes of age with M&As on the cards for 2017
It may not have been the biggest deal of 2016 in terms of financial value, but in November when Hightower announced it was merging with rival proptech outfit VTS in a deal thought to be worth $300m (£240m), it sent shockwaves throughout the proptech sector.
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REITs face a new reality as foreign capital evaporates
Festinger’s 1957 theory of cognitive dissonance notes that individuals seek consistency in their cognitions (beliefs) so they tend to twist facts to remove any conflict (dissonance). REITs now seem to be suffering from ‘valuation dissonance’ with low share prices and high portfolio valuations. But although they seem cheap, we don’t ...
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UK assets at top of Chinese wish lists
David Parsley makes the point that Far East investment is still flowing into the UK despite restrictions; indeed UK property assets will be at the top of many Chinese New Year wish lists .
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London: prepare for US investors
Despite the findings of Citibase’s survey suggesting otherwise , I believe London should be preparing to benefit from an exodus of nervous US investors fearing the worst, as Donald Trump commences his third week in power.
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Extreme rhetoric is no substitute for proper debate
“You have to be so careful about what you say these days” is an often-heard complaint.
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Online
2017 Predictions: shared ownership dream is becoming a reality
Shared ownership has been around for decades. But despite huge demand – more than 80,000 people a year register or express an active interest in buying a shared ownership home every year – it has never quite established itself as a mainstream product within the housing market. Until now.
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Online
2017 predictions: smart money is on BTR
With more than a third of the UK’s workforce not eligible for a mortgage, the future lies in build to rent.
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Online
2017 predictions: retail - survival of the fittest……
The emerging Christmas trading figures illustrate that high street retailers face a challenging 2017 through the ongoing threat of online retailing, an increase in costs and rising inflation.
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Professional
2017 Predictions: future bright for UK data centres despite Brexit uncertainty
The mass of data created and relied upon by businesses of all sizes is growing every day. As such, data centres, huge repositories of digital information and truly vast pieces of real estate, are on an upwards curve.
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2017 Predictions: surprise of 2017 could be the bounce-back of UK real estate
What a year 2016 was! Who would have thought last January that the UK would vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump would win the US election and Leicester City would win the Premier League.
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2017 Predictions: global capital boom will escalate, politics permitting
What challenges await our real estate markets this year? I am not sure we can beat last year for obstacles, but despite everything, the market has remained positive.
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2017 predictions: talk of the death of the high street is overcooked
Structural change is firmly established in British retailing. We have one of the most advanced ecommerce capabilities for retailing in the world.