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InsightSquare Feet’s Daniel Leon on how mixed-use schemes will solve property woes
UK real estate is in a precarious position, with chronic housing shortages and rising mortgages posing a significant challenge to the future development of residential and commercial properties. Homeowner confidence has declined dramatically, with 62% of Londoners dissatisfied with the state of the housing market since 2019.
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InsightAvison Young’s Lesley Males on whether the concept of the department store is truly dead
The decline of the department store sector has been under way for the last 10 years. Around 85% of those occupied by the former ‘traditional’ operators have closed, with problems increasing since the collapse of BHS. This begs the question of whether the concept of the department store is truly ...
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InsightMadison Lincoln’s Alexandra Hendry on why women are more enticed by counter offers
As part of National Inclusion Week Alexandra Hendry explains why organisations are increasingly using counter offers to retain female talent..
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InsightLinesight's Niall Greene on why the gigafactory opportunity is huge
The property sector is in a race to strategically plan and construct the necessary infrastructure for a decarbonised world. This encompasses a wide range of essential elements, including renewable power generation, zero-emission transportation and net zero buildings. The magnitude of this endeavour cannot be overstated.
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InsightEPRA’s Dominique Moerenhout on why Europe’s hotel sector is a promising avenue
The European real estate market has experienced turbulence due to rising inflation and shifting investor sentiment. At a subsector level, however, the continent’s hotel sector has emerged as a promising asset class with a strong future. As travel restrictions have largely eased and consumer confidence proves resilient, the hotel industry ...
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InsightOsprey’s Salmon’s Leap Super-hub: A Model for Modern Charging Infrastructure
Osprey Charging has created a totally unique EV charging destination at Salmon’s Leap, in Buckfastleigh, Devon, a sign-post for the future of rapid EV charging.
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InsightWas housing really trussed by Liz?
Blink and you’d have missed them, but a year on from Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s widely derided clanger of a ‘mini Budget’, housebuilders and estate agents are still reporting the aftermath. Imagine if the former prime minister and chancellor had unleashed a ‘maxi Budget’?
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InsightNutrient neutrality: we are back in limbo again
Editor: The House of Lords’ rejection of the government’s proposed nutrient neutrality solution is where people playing party politics do this country no favours at all.
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InsightLandlords rely on good contractors
Editor: The Housing Ombudsman’s annual review reported tenant complaints rose 104% in 2021-22, with 66% of these focusing on repairs. It seems that dissatisfaction with landlords and management companies is at an all-time high, something that has been exacerbated by concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and rising interest rates.
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InsightBeware the sunlit uplands
As I write hastily on Wednesday (20.09.23), I assume speech writers in the back rooms of No 10 Downing Street will be hammering their keyboards with even greater urgency, tasked with framing the government’s shift on climate policy in the best possible light. I don’t envy their task in polishing ...
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InsightWe Are Placemaking’s Nick Morgan on the importance of ‘hero’ events
When it comes to attracting visitors to any given space, developers and marketers have long been under the impression that ‘surprise and delight’ activity is the most effective method of retention – attracting and nurturing visitors with unexpected experiences.
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InsightWe must rebalance the scales to make reusing buildings viable
The property sector is going through the ‘five stages of grief’ in understanding that we can’t bulldoze our way towards a brighter future.
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InsightSoho Housing’s Barbara Brownlee on London’s affordable housing struggles
London faces an affordable housing crisis: a fact that is well known, is historic and has remained unaffected by countless different housing and planning policies, grant regimes and badly-thought-through schemes.
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InsightPropertyCEO’s Ritchie Clapson on small-scale development being the perfect new business
The UK is not short of fresh business blood. More than 750,000 new companies were registered in the UK last year. Unfortunately, on average, around 20% of UK businesses fail during their first two years. This rises to 45% after five years. And 65% after 10 years.
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InsightSorbon Estates’ Katherine Croom on developing equal opportunities in CRE
The commercial real estate (CRE) industry has experienced a positive transformation over the past 10 years in relation to the role of women within the sector. According to the latest FTSE Women Leaders Review, women’s representation now stands at 40.2% on boards of FTSE 350 companies – an all-time high.
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NewsThe money men
This week we publish the inaugural Property Top 40 – a list detailing the best-paid executives running UK-listed firms in the property sector.
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InsightWhere is the microbiome in BTR/co-living?
This may be the first time that the microbiome and build to rent (BTR)/co-living have appeared in the same sentence, which is very disappointing as the microbiome is key to individuals’ health and the buildings they live in.
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InsightBuilt-ID’s Savannah de Savary on the benefits of flexible community spaces
Recent consumer data insight reveals that profit and purpose are drawing ever closer in alignment.
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InsightSell property as a compelling career
Editor: It was a wet summer for the UK, but a bright one at the 11th Pathways to Property Summer School, hosted by Henley Business School at the University of Reading.
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InsightBurnham Waters’ Ian Holloway on how retirement villages can help solve the housing crisis
Around 8.5 million people in England have unmet housing needs, according to a 2021 report by the National Housing Federation. House prices have increased as a result of the shortage, making it more challenging for many people to purchase a home and climb the housing ladder.
