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BlogsExpo Real 2012: Fun, funds and the rumble of the eurozone
One afternoon in, Expo seems to be a bit more fun this year. Obviously a giant conference centre on the outskirts of Munich is never going to com are as a setting with the Croisette in Cannes, but people seem to have made a bit more effort with their stands. ...
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BlogsA view from the Shard
I was lucky to have been included in a tour of the Shard by its creator Irvine Sellar. You can’t have missed seeing the Shard, as it rises majestically on the skyline from wherever you are in London - and beyond.
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BlogsEXPO REAL 2012: London remains a safe haven for investors
It is once again that time of the year when those involved with the commercial property investment market head to Munich.
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BlogsMarket prospects will be a marathon and not a sprint
For some real estate investors, a great summer of sport has provided a welcome distraction from the challenges facing the property industry.
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BlogsFace it: NewBuy is a damp squib
Figures last week showed that the NewBuy scheme has led to around 1,500 reservations and just 250 completions.
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BlogsThe housing market needs NewBuy
There is a paradox at the heart of the UK housing market: affordability is more favourable than at any time in the last five years yet many customers are locked out of the market by the requirement for a large deposit.
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BlogsRESI 2012: Why I’m homesick for London
There was an inspiring glow of positivity around this year’s RESI. Not just from Bruce Ritchie’s entourage or the bullet-proof prime London agents, but from everyone sharing ideas, stories and insight.
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BlogsStop whining about Stamp Duty
How is this for unfairness: you make a fortune in manufacturing in the Far East or carving out the natural resources of the old Soviet Union and decide – as one does – to buy a mansion in London, and then the locals start asking for a bit of tax ...
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BlogsBCSC: Life after the conference
This year’s BCSC conference was a real success with some 2,600 delegates from across retail property arriving in Liverpool for three days of networking, speaker sessions and access to an unrivalled exhibition of more than 100 companies from the industry.
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BlogsRESI 2012: Black clouds and revelations
With the creeping inevitability of an oil slick, as the packed property choo-choo pulls out of Paddington, the splendid Western skyline is snuffed out by swathes of black cloud.
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BlogsRESI 2012: time to put a stop to the excuses
I spent Wednesday morning in the company of about 50 gentlemen (and one woman, to be fair) from various large institutional investors, all squirming with excuses as to why they’re yet to do much in the way of investing cash into the residential sector.
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BlogsBCSC: Where will the money needed to boost our high streets come from?
Today, I will have the pleasure of sitting on a panel during the BCSC Conference alongside Peter Drummond, CEO, BDP and President of BCSC, and Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council, to discuss whether the UK’s town centres can fight back from the brink.
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BlogsOn the road to BCSC 2012....
So its Monday 10 th September and all roads finally head west to Liverpool as host city for BCSC 2012.
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BlogsBCSC: Portas, landlords and vacancy rates
We are out of the blocks early….first email from BCSC is at 7.30am setting the scene for the opening day, there is golf to exercise the body and seminars a plenty to broaden the mind.
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BlogsUnderwater, Mouth Watering or Sea Change
In 2012, the market may well resemble a black and white movie - things will be in stark contrast with few shades of grey. Equally there will be success or failure, but again little in between. There will be opportunities and that is what markets like this bring.
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BlogsForget quotas, women have got to do it for themselves
The idea of quotas to address the imbalance of women on boards of directors, where a number – say a third – of all members on a board would have to be female, misses the point.
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BlogsWhy I was right about the Montague Review
When the suits from investment companies and their stuffy mates say they have been talking about the need for more investment into the private rented sector (PRS) for a long time, I draw a deep breath.
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BlogsWINE BLOG: 60 cases of red and white
When a friend of mine Michael de Massey suggested that I join him on a 2,400 mile round trip from Manchester to Slovenia it seemed only sensible to suggest adding a further 600 miles by taking in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer and Alsace on route.
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BlogsShrinking law firms shift away from specialist sectors
Property Week today reports on a shift away from property as a core business area within City law firms (professional, 27 July).
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BlogsBLOG: Can the government make banks put a roof over our heads?
It doesn’t take complicated research to show most of us there’s a housing crisis on: the very fact that most of the nation’s under-30s (myself included) will be in their dotage before they can save enough cash for a deposit should be enough to show even the least reasonable among ...
