Leading names from across the property sector including Jonathan Goldstein (Cain International), Keith Breslauer (Patron Capital) and Charlie Green (The Office Group) talk about their highs and lows of the past year and preview what will be big news in 2018.
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Given the built environment’s contribution both to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, lenders that fund real estate projects have found themselves under pressure from governing bodies to show evidence that they are paving the way to a sustainable way of living.
In a month’s time, I shall be enjoying the singular privilege of delivering the Chapman Barrigan Lecture in memory of two remarkable women in the property industry: Honor Chapman, who died in 2009 after a successful career at JLL; and Trish Barrigan, who was a leading light in the fund ...
Rents and demand for US industrial real estate continued to rise last year, but the sector’s sales boom appears to be slowing. Industrial transactions dropped, with interest rates and economic uncertainty the main reasons for a decrease in activity.
With everything changing so quickly in the property market, it can be tricky for buyers and sellers to feel in control, which is why now is the right time to refocus on the factors that they can influence.
When it comes to business rates, eyes tend to glaze over. Many property investors take the view that nothing is certain in life but death and taxes; they shrug their shoulders and pass on the bill to their accounts team to pay and file it.
We will hopefully begin to see a level of stability return to the UK this year. Geopolitical tensions, lasting impacts from the pandemic and Brexit, and interest rates, which are still relatively high compared with the record-breaking low rates of years gone by, have all had an impact on consumer ...
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