All Property Week articles in 25 August 2017 – Page 4
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Insight
Final SPG contains a couple of surprises
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan released the final version of his Affordable Housing and Viability Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) last week - hailed by City Hall as “a practical first step to raise the amount of affordable housing coming through the planning system”.
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Online
C&W reappointed to major government property framework
Cushman Wakefield has been reappointed to a major government property services framework giving access to contract opportunities across the UK public sector.
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Online
Housebuilding starts dip slightly
The number of housebuilding starts dipped slightly in the second quarter, according to new government data.
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Insight
The Garden Bridge project was a sad victim of miserable negativity
In the 1940s, one of the visionary plans for London by the town planner Sir Patrick Abercrombie contained a proposal for a bridge across the Thames with crossing points pretty much where the Garden Bridge was supposed to have been constructed.
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News
Breslauers reach new heights for teachers’ charity
Patron Capital’s managing director Keith Breslauer is well known for making major moves, but now Metropolis has learned his daughter Samantha is getting in on the act too.
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News
How much will controls limit Chinese investment?
New guidelines from China’s government placing overseas real estate investment on a “restriction list” are expected to further impede Chinese investment in the UK property market.
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News
Separated at birth: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Michael Gallagher
Many people were surprised to see Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg take such a strong stance on stamp duty , but Metropolis was equally surprised to see how strong a resemblance he shares with PGIM’s Michael Gallagher. .
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Professional
Here comes the sun – Landsec goes solar at White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds
Earlier this month, Landsec unveiled the installation of the biggest solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a retail site in the UK.
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Insight
Brexit will not benefit Ireland as a whole
Brexit undoubtedly poses more challenges than opportunities for Ireland, notwithstanding the possible upside for the Dublin real estate market in the near term.
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Professional
Property should learn from BBC pay gap debacle
It is hardly surprising that the recent publication of salaries paid to BBC employees prompted such outrage.
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Insight
Attitudes towards SO lending changing
Halifax’s move to raise the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of its shared ownership mortgage from 80% to 90% highlights a changing attitude from lenders as they acknowledge an ever-increasing appetite for shared ownership from potential buyers.
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News
Resilient auction houses have adapted quickly to changes in stamp duty regime
The auctions sector tends to set the pace in the property market and the first half of 2017 has been no different.
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Insight
Community and flexibility are on the tenant's wishlist
Creating a sense of community has for a long time been a key consideration for residential developers. But the concept of community is also becoming increasingly important to office occupiers.
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News
Ealing Gateway hits the market for £50m
TH Real Estate has put its west London office scheme Ealing Gateway on the market for around £50m.
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Information
Dublin office expansion picks up pace
The pace of Dublin’s office occupier expansion continued to gather momentum in the first half of 2017, with take-up for the first six months of the year reaching 1.52m - the highest level recorded this cycle.
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Insight
Johnny be good: Johnny Ronan interview
Johnny Ronan rarely speaks to the press. The Dublin-based founder of Ronan Group Real Estate prefers to let his work do the talking - and the company has plenty to talk about.
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Insight
Sector sets out priorities for Alok Sharma ahead of RESI
Housing minister Alok Sharma will deliver his first major speech to the industry at next month’s RESI Conference since replacing Gavin Barwell after the snap general election.
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News
Danescroft submits £210m resi-led plan
Palmer Capital-backed Danescroft Land has submitted plans for a £210m residential-led scheme in Bromley-by-Bow, east London.
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News
Once upon a crime...
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Insight
Ground rent scandal reveals wider industry issue
Sometimes you have to ask why on earth something like the ground rent scandal ever even happened. As Alastair Stewart’s column suggests, the industry really doesn’t help itself.