All Ask the expert articles – Page 15
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InsightConfidence must be tempered
We all know that confidence is a key component of life – how many crucial junctions have we all passed through where the decision to leap, or err on the side of caution, has led us to the exact life we are each living now?
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ProfessionalUse real-time data to plan cities
Today, real-time 3D data is increasingly becoming a defining tool in the way policymakers, urban designers and property developers plan for more resilient cities.
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InsightIs it a lending race to the bottom?
In recent months, some leading real estate names, including Kennedy Wilson, Delancey, Tristan and Ares, have announced their intention to enter the European debt market, attracted by the risk-adjusted returns on offer and diversification benefits.
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InsightProcrastination can be beneficial
It is a decade since the Tottenham riots took place, prompting the report by a task force led by Sir Stuart Lipton, which secured substantial public investment in the neglected, once-proud London borough.
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ProfessionalHow can investors ensure their assets comply with ESG criteria?
In recent years, investors across sectors have increasingly focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
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InsightTime to unite on net zero agenda
The prime minister has set the UK a target to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. This will be impossible to achieve without action by the property sector, given that the built environment is responsible for 43% of UK emissions.
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InsightSME housebuilders up against it
With their ability to be swift of foot and innovative in design, to lead the way in sustainable builds and access small, inner-city sites where others fear to tread, what’s not to like about SMEs?
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ProfessionalOffices can adopt the Airbnb model
The office sector over the last century has benefited from urbanisation, with increasing tenant demand pegged to limited supply. Ultimately, this has led to a near-constant robust market with short cyclical pull-backs.
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ProfessionalHow can occupiers cut carbon across real estate’s long tail?
In the net zero transition, property teams must consider how they drive portfolio-wide energy efficiency. But where to focus? Undoubtedly, the initial priority for businesses with large estates will be the sites with the biggest energy bills.
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ProfessionalThe turnover rent conundrum
As retail troubles continue, many landlords are being asked to agree turnover rents by their tenants as one way to help share the pain.
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ProfessionalBalance key for carbon targets
As retail troubles continue, many landlords are being asked to agree turnover rents by their tenants as one way to help share the pain.
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ProfessionalLet’s make diversity a priority within property recruitment
Changes wrought by Covid present unique opportunity to make the industry more inclusive and welcoming
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InsightUrban living: fresh thinking is vital
Summer in the UK has been very different this year. Foreign holidays have been few and far between for obvious reasons, with many people choosing to explore the UK instead.
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InsightFlexible leases are key for office landlords
As we emerge from lockdown and home working, companies across the UK have adjusted their working patterns, a priority shift that has altered the traditional business requirement for office space.
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InsightHotels must evolve to survive
As consumer confidence starts to return, there are some reasons for optimism in the hotel industry. However, the scars of the pandemic will not heal overnight.
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InsightIt’s time to tackle the lack of diversity
Research shows the property industry is failing to attract enough people from diverse backgrounds and keep them in the industry.
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ProfessionalPrevention is key in cybersecurity
As the market comes under increasing pressure from cyber criminals, limiting the chances of an attack and coping with those that occur must be high on everybody’s agenda.
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ProfessionalData analytics valuable for HAs
The data produced by housing associations (HAs) is valuable, but many of them find themselves unable to use it in a way that allows them to make better decisions. ‘Data chaos’, whereby data is siloed and unmanageable, is a common concern.
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ProfessionalWhat do amendments to the Building Safety Bill mean for the industry?
The Building Safety Bill will now be subjected to the Public Bill Committee and Report stages on 9 September 2021 and 26 October 2021 respectively. The bill will be scrutinised, subjected to evidence from experts and interest groups from outside parliament and debated by MPs.
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InsightLevitt’ll set RICS change agenda
Five members of the RICS Governing Council (GC) are absorbing a 400-page report by Alison Levitt QC on the circumstances surrounding the sacking of four members of the institution’s management board in November 2019. This steering group will issue directions to the ruling body’s other 21 members.
