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InsightThe cash preservation society
“Cash is king.” Never has that well-worn business maxim been more imperative than now, as the country locks down in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Insight
Housing: it’s time to reassess density
Editor: While the concept of social distancing has stalled the majority of the country’s housebuilding projects , it has also raised the question of whether today’s new homes and developments can handle future pandemics.
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Online
MCI Developments co-founder launches new housebuilding business
A former director of the North West’s biggest land and housebuilding companies has set up a new property development business.
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News
Data reveals brightest London boroughs for BTR investment
Developers and investors looking to place a long-term bet on build-to-rent (BTR) in London should target Barking, Newham, Ealing, Greenwich and Hackney, according to exclusive research from BTR data provider Houzen.
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Uncertain consequences for construction projects can be avoided in future
The government’s new measures to combat coronavirus, announced on Monday evening, plunged the construction industry into confusion.
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Professional
What can property managers do to ensure tower blocks are fire-safe?
Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the government’s ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings has had a far-reaching impact.
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News
New London housing targets fall short of true housing needs
London’s new housing targets do not reflect the capital’s true housing needs and, despite a rise in the number of planning consents, development will peak soon, suggests new data from Savills.
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EREC Estates plans to expand digs portfolio
Anglo-Chinese JV aims to grow student portfolio to 5,000 beds in three to five years
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Government extends PDR to boost SME residential development
Under new PDR, developers will not need planning permission to add two storeys to residential buildings
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Online
Manchester secures £50m funding for development of 5,500 homes
Manchester has been granted £51.6m of the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock more than 5,500 homes over the next 10 years.
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Industry opinion divided on Housing Sprint proposals
Critics question the viability of report’s key finding that expert committee should advise on housing delivery.
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Pace goes extra green mile at Cambridge site
Developer’s £150m scheme could be first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ office in the city
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Insight
How to bring energy to buildings
Operating assets are the buzz phrase in real estate alternatives, yet investors have become increasingly comfortable with the reputational risk that comes with owning assets that are intrinsically linked with people’s lives.
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News
Coronavirus is yet to affect housing sector
House prices rise 0.3% in February with most buyers and sellers not worried
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We can futureproof the natural and built environment
The quest for net zero carbon and the ever-increasing urgency to halt climate change have garnered significant attention in recent months.
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News
CMA finds evidence of mis-selling in the leasehold housing sector
Authority believes housing developers treated leasehold homeowners unfairly and misled potential buyers.
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Calling the UK real estate sector to action on the climate crisis
The new year brought fires and flooding and the realisation that the climate crisis was something the real estate sector had to shoulder some responsibility for.
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Insight
Building with the planet in mind
Having supported the launch of the National Infrastructure Commission’s report this month setting out the UK’s first design principles for infrastructure around climate, people, places and value, I have to wonder what role we as built environment professionals should have around the environmental, social and corporate governance agenda. The answer, ...
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News
Government urged to pay remediation costs
Open letter calls for multi-billion-pound fund to make residential buildings safe.
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Birmingham tops CBRE’s list of likely BTR regional hotspots
Leeds is second in list of top 20 locations where BTR development is set to soar on the back of strong demand.
