All Property Week articles in 30 June 2017 – Page 6
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Top 40 European property services ranked by UK turnover per fee earner (2017)
Beauchamp Estates took the top spot for the fourth year in a row, earning £653,286 per head, while the average figure across the top 40 firms rose 2.6% from £209,375 to £214,717.50.
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Top 40 European property services firms ranked by UK turnover (2017)
The 2017 Agency Survey found that the total UK revenue of the top 40 agents had risen by 16% to £4.28bn. The vast majority of the uptick in income is explained by quite staggering increases in the UK’s - and the world’s - two biggest real estate advisory businesses: CBRE ...
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Property Week Digital Edition - 30 June 2017
Agency 2017 - True cost of upgrading towers - Elifar Challenge - South West focus
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BTR pipeline sees sharp growth in Q2
The number of build-to-rent (BTR) homes under construction or in planning shot up by a fifth in the second quarter, analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) has shown.
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Top 10 property services firms ranked by European Revenue (2017)
In 2017, total European revenue of the top 10 firms rose by a whopping 50% to £6.4bn in our Agency Survey with CBRE and JLL again heading up the rankings on £2.9m and £1.4m respectively.
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Top 10 European property services firms ranked by global turnover (2017)
The total global revenue of the top 10 firms broke a major barrier to reach £20.3bn in 2016, up 21% on the previous year. Heading this up again were CBRE on £10.2m (up 20%) and JLL on £5.1m (up 30%).
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Allsop hopeful of strong outcome from biggest lot of year so far
Allsop is hoping to defy “political and economic uncertainty” at its fourth commercial auction of the year and find a buyer for its largest lot of the year so far.
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The UK needs social housing now more than ever
Recent events have highlighted some big gaps in our society. The general election served to show that the divisions from last year’s EU referendum remain and are unlikely to heal any time soon, while the recent Grenfell Tower tragedy has shockingly underlined how we have disregarded housing support for those ...
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Hepworth’s vision of Cornwall is embodied by renewed Tate St Ives
“The barbaric and magical countryside of rocky hills, fertile valleys and dynamic coastline” of Cornwall, one of the county’s most revered sculptors once wrote, affords artists “a strong sunlight and a radiance from the sea, which almost surrounds this spit of land”.
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Early signs promising for Cargo experiment on Bristol Harbour
Stuart Hatton is not your typical developer. When he unveiled plans for a cluster of shipping container units for retail and dining on the Harbourside in Bristol, eyebrows were raised.
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Purplebricks’ UK revenues up 132%
Purplebricks’ has revealed its revenue in the UK is up 132% to £43.2m in its annual results for the year ending April 2017.
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How is the South West’s first regional mayor shaping up?
He won over the electorate on the campaign trail, but now Tim Bowles must define his new role and make it relevant.
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Mixed fortunes for property funds since last summer
The recovery of the UK property funds that were hit by redemptions in the weeks after the EU referendum has been mixed, analysis by Property Week has revealed.
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Andy Burnham’s spatial framework rewrite isn’t necessarily bad news
Andy Burnham, the new mayor of Greater Manchester, has been true to his mayoral campaign commitment to undertake a radical rewrite of the emerging spatial framework, most noticeably with a view to rolling back planned changes to the green belt.
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Moda Living brings two directors on board
PRS developer Moda Living has made two new senior hires, appointing Mark Howe and Mathew Gonzalez as directors.
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The true cost of upgrading Britain's towers
All residential towers are different, and as such the cost of addressing the fire safety issues vary on an individual basis.
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Tower upgrade bill set to top £12bn
The cost of making the nation’s social housing tower blocks safe in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy could top £12bn, exclusive research has revealed - and that figure could rise exponentially if the deadly cladding is also found to be in widespread use on privately owned high-rise developments. ...
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Chinese firm makes £410m UK debut in Canary Wharf
Chinese firm Cheung Kei Group is set to make its debut UK buy with the £410m acquisition of 20 Canada Square in Canary Wharf.
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Housing white paper reforms put in doubt
Housing didn’t feature as prominently in last week’s Queen’s speech as it did in 2015. Whereas last time around it took up pages 27 to 29, this year it was relegated to a shorter passage on pages 72 and 73.
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Build-to-rent investors face range of potential taxation headaches
The build-to-rent (BTR) sector has never been busier.