All articles by Doug Morrison – Page 2
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Markets
Top 10 emerging cities for investors
Doug Morrison picks out the world’s top 10 property hotspots
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Online
Only top earners can afford to get on rural housing ladder, research says
The debate over the coalition’s proposed planning reforms was given a fresh twist today with research from Hometrack revealing that only people paying the higher (40%) rate of tax can afford to buy housing in rural areas.
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Markets
Planning laws ignore ticking ‘demographic timebomb’
Demand for private retirement homes is growing, but planning laws are still holding developers back
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News
Pickles prioritises housing crisis
Riots and need for sustainable development inform new strategy
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Markets
Villager pioneers housebuilder alliances
Keith Cockell re-enters market as Helical Bar beats retreat
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Online
Overseas investor pays £42m for Knightsbridge mansion
An overseas investor has paid £42m for a mansion in Knightsbridge in one of prime London’s largest residential deals this year
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Online
RESI 2011: Housing associations will be forced into widescale consolidation
Housing associations will be forced into widescale consolidation as a result of the government’s swingeing cuts in the funding of affordable housing
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Online
RESI 2011: Leading industry players support the government’s controversial planning reforms
Leading industry players voiced their broad support for the government’s controversial planning reforms but Eric Pickles did not emerge without criticism today at RESI
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Online
UK housing market remains subdued during August
The UK housing market remained subdued during August, as economic uncertainty and lack of mortgage finance impacted on the number of property sales, says the RICS
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Markets
Riots fail to halt overseas investors’ raid on UK assets
Uncertainty in global markets is more likely area of concern say experts
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Online
HBF warns Britain's housing crisis to worsen
Britain’s housing crisis will worsen following a renewed slump in planning permissions, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) warned today.
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Markets
Housebuilders unaware of risks in shared-equity schemes
Failure to comply with complicated regulations in shared-equity schemes could incur the wrath of the Office of Fair Trading
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Markets
Kerslake calls for patience over private-rented sector
Former HCA chief says residential REITs may save initiative
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News
Lewis Trust bags Londonewcastle site
£10m purchase of housing scheme consolidates investor’s links with developer
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Online
Newham wins casino battle
Newham council has won its battle to open a Las Vegas-style casino in Westfield Stratford City next to the Olympic Park in east London following the collapse of a legal challenge from rival bidders.
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Markets
Aviva will live to rue missed opportunity in Shoreditch
Developers sell east London flats at £675/sq ft after failed Aviva deal
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Insight
200,000 people live in private retirement housing. Are they being ripped off?
Recent accusations of malpractice and financial exploitation in retirement housing have led to an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading.
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Markets
Barratt and Igloo hope for Hackney Wick pick
Thames Gateway Development Corporation submits mixed-use plans at key strategic site.
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Online
Countryside wins Cambridge consent
A major mixed use community near Cambridge moved a step closer today after Countryside Properties won detailed planning consent for 306 homes at Great Kneighton, in Trumpington.