All Property Week articles in 3 April 2020 – Page 11
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News
Spin class: Hard times
The hardest thing this week hasn’t been persuading my elderly parents not to go to Waitrose, saying no to that third glass of wine or staring enviously through the windows behind clients’ faces on Zoom at beautifully manicured lawns and acres of rolling countryside.
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Online
FORE Partnership sells Yorkshire House and Hub to Castleforge Partners
FORE Partnership has sold Leeds office building Yorkshire House and Hub to Castleforge Partners for £22.15m, reflecting a yield of 4.9%.
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Insight
The cash preservation society
“Cash is king.” Never has that well-worn business maxim been more imperative than now, as the country locks down in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
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News
British Land has it worked out
British Land’s online training sessions are helping homeworking staff to keep fit.
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News
PBSA sector braces itself for severe impact in short term
Construction grinds to a halt as fears mount that Covid-19 crisis will lead to drop-off in student numbers
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Professional
Commercial landlords forced to find new rent arrangements
After Coronavirus Act bans evictions, landlords have to decide whether to defer, suspend or reduce rents due
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Markets
The growing appeal of alternative assets
Investors have been increasingly drawn to sectors such as care homes and student accommodation.
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News
Auction House London scores 77% success rate at online March sale
Auction House London raised £10.3m at its March sale, selling 77% of the 65 lots offered, after being forced to hold the auction remotely due to the coronavirus crisis.
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News
This week in… 2001
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) urged the government to act as the effects of the foot-and-mouth epidemic spread beyond farming and tourism.
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Insight
Jenrick was right to challenge mayor’s London plan
Editor: Given the difficult situation we are in, secretary of state for housing Robert Jenrick’s intervention to prevent mayor Sadiq Khan from publishing the London Plan until requested changes have been made may have slipped through largely unnoticed.
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Insight
Housing: it’s time to reassess density
Editor: While the concept of social distancing has stalled the majority of the country’s housebuilding projects , it has also raised the question of whether today’s new homes and developments can handle future pandemics.