All Property Week articles in 27 January 2023 – Page 4
-
News
Puma loans Vita Group £24m for Belfast PBSA development
Puma Property Finance is providing a £24m development facility for Vita Group’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme with 269 studio rooms in Belfast City Centre.
-
News
LondonMetric’s chair steps down
LondonMetric’s chair Patrick Vaughan is set to step down from the board with effect from 11 July 2023.
-
News
Industrials REIT reports muted investment activity for Q4 2022
Investment activity at Industrials REIT remained muted in Q4 2022 compared to previous years, according to Industrials REIT’s multi-let industrial (MLI) trading update for 1 October to 31 December 2022.
-
News
PM stumbles in Zahawi zone
If any of us wondered what kind of leadership the UK might get from prime minister Rishi Sunak, we now have a clear indicator courtesy of the tax troubles of Conservative party chair Nadhim Zahawi. The leadership we are getting is not what we need.
-
News
Property Week Digital Edition – 27 January 2023
West Midlands mayor Andy Street on helping to land big investments from public and private players – Why more developers are choosing to retrofit rather than demolish and redevelop heritage buildings - The industrial boom may be ending, but experts say the long-term outlook is good
-
News
Vail Williams launches menopause awareness campaign as government rejects Equality Act changes
Property consultancy Vail Williams has launched a campaign to raise awareness of menopause, following the government’s rejection of proposals from the Women and Equalities Committee for menopause leave pilot schemes.
-
News
Spotlight on Rosen
Hybrid working is not the only office trend that was accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In its ‘new normal’ working life, Eye can’t help but notice that the previously besuited property people it meets are now just as likely to turn up in jeans and jumpers.
-
Insight
UK’s net zero plan must not overlook the obvious
MP Chris Skidmore’s Net Zero Review laudably focuses on making homes more energy efficient, but I join my property industry colleagues in calling for greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to truly tackle the UK’s energy efficiency challenge.
-
News
Spin class: nice in Nice
The trade magazine Tunnels and Tunnelling was always known by hacks as Bores and Boring. This sobriquet sums up nicely the current state of the real estate PR world.
-
Insight
Rates revaluation is a boost for retail
It is welcome news that M&S is planning a £480m investment across its UK stores, generating, as reported, more than 3,400 jobs and opening five new full-service stores: in Leeds White Rose, Liverpool One, the Bullring Birmingham, Manchester Trafford Centre and Lakeside Thurrock.
-
News
Former Winchester hostel on offer at upcoming Barnard Marcus sale
A 10-bedroom former hostel close to Winchester rail station, with potential for development as a hotel or student accommodation, is leading the first Barnard Marcus auction of 2023 on 6 February, with a guide price of £635,000
-
News
Scottish rent control and eviction ban legislation branded as ‘unfair’
Scottish landlords’ associations have joined forces to seek a judicial review of the Scottish government’s rent control and eviction ban legislation, which they believe is “disproportionate and unfair”.
-
Professional
Developers ditch wrecking ball in favour of retrofitting
Sustainability and heritage factors prompt developers to consider light-touch refurbishment of old buildings.
-
News
Tory MPs back critical housing policy report
Four former housing ministers support study slamming government’s policy
-
Online
London residential rent increases not as dramatic as they appear
Reports of big rises in London residential rents make good headlines, but deeper analysis shows they are somewhat overblown. London and home counties letting agent Foxtons’ recent figures show average rents in the capital climbed steadily throughout 2022 and finished the year 20% higher than at the end of 2021. ...
-
News
MPs slam levelling-up agenda in dispute over funding round
Cross-party committee calls bidding process ‘confusing’ and questions whether policy can deliver change.
-
News
Q&A: Housing Hand’s COO on student accommodation crisis
Rent guarantor specialist Graham Hayward on what can be done to help students find affordable accommodation.
-
News
M7 defends Mailbox REIT after big drop in office asset’s value
Manager of REIT that holds Birmingham building says it is performing well, but valuers are being cautious
-
News
This week in…2008
Office demand had fallen to its lowest point in five years during the global financial crisis, according to research conducted by RICS.
-
News
Savills says 2022 auctions sales total was up £100m on 2021
Auctioneer reports ‘best-ever year’ despite ‘turbulent economic backdrop’ ahead of its first sale of 2023