All Expert comment articles – Page 17
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Packaged Living’s Jonathon Ivory asks if single-family rental is about to have its day in the sun
Is it safe to come out yet? Since last autumn the real estate sector has been collectively hiding under the duvet covers waiting for the all-clear. Now that the industry is re-emerging, blinking into the light, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on the turbulence of the last ...
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Leaders’ Emma Wells on why 2023 might be the right time to invest in BTL
Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time, and even current landlords, ask themselves whether it’s the right time to expand their portfolio if they can. So, given that annual price growth has been slowing since summer 2022, will 2023 be a good year to invest?
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Capricorn’s Jeremy Law on overseas investment in the UK property market
Following a turbulent 2022, it is reassuring that an upward turn is already being evidenced this year, with many indications that we are getting back on track. But what of international interest in UK property?
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Equities analyst and consultant, Alastair Stewart, on property affordability in the north of England
Swept up by the hype, I’ve just binge-watched my first-ever run of British TV crime drama Happy Valley. All good Bafta-worthy stuff. But is it really that unrelentingly grim up north?
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ULI Europe’s Lisette van Doorn on how real estate investors can speed up decarbonisation
The real estate industry has a major role to play in limiting further global warming to 1.5 degrees by 2050.
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LSL New Homes Financial Services’ Craig Hall on the Future Homes Standard 2025
In his November statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt renewed the UK’s government’s focus on energy efficiency in the wake of soaring energy prices, triggered by the war in Ukraine and continued international pressure to meet green targets following COP 27.
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Huckletree’s Gabriela Hersham on connectivity, connection and the future of the office
It’s almost three years since the start of the first Covid 19 lockdown and for many of us, particularly those of us used to working in an office, it’s clear that the way we work has changed forever.
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The Shopkeepers Campaign’s Vivienne King on the prospects for business rates reform
In April, the long-awaited business rates revaluation comes into force. Commercial occupiers will be paying rates based on the true value of their premises on 1 April 2021, instead of values from 1 April 2015.
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Peter Bill on artificial certitude, real estate certainty
Last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates suggested the coming of artificial intelligence (AI) was “every bit as important as the PC and the internet”. So I decided to put the much-touted AI app Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) to the test.
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Jo Cowen of Jo Cowen Architects on the Viability Crisis of 2023
Last year saw unprecedented macro geopolitical and economic uncertainty, rampant global inflation, war in the Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Construction PR’s Sarah Kauter on sustainable construction trends to look out for
Ensuring your business is doing everything in its power to stay ahead of the latest industry trends has always been essential to success, and with the challenges faced by the industry throughout 2022 – including the cost-of-living crisis, extravagant energy costs and material shortages – this has never proved truer.
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NEAT Developments’ Youssef Kadiri on stacked industrial
The latest version of the London Plan included some subtle but significant changes to industrial land policies, particularly Policy E7, which protected strategic industrial land from exploitation by housebuilders.
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SAY Property Consulting’s Debra Yudolph on BTR and the cost-of-living crisis
How should the build-to-rent sector respond to the cost-of-living crisis, and how will it shape future development?
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FlexSA’s Jane Sartin on the role flexible workspaces can play in a recession
Despite November’s apparent bounceback, we’re all gearing up for what would be the second recession in three years. Covid-19 has maybe left us more resilient, but still, we’ll need to be as prepared as possible if this one is as long and deep as some analysts are predicting.
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Cain International’s Ellen Brunsberg on preparing for a year of confusion
I want to wish you all a ‘Happy! 2023?’. The unorthodox punctuation is deliberate: It shows my uncertainty and conviction. I am both enthusiastic and uncertain. Which reflects the year we’re about to enter: prepare for 2023 to be a year of confusion.
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Hilltop Credit Partners’ Paul Oberschneider on how SMEs can adapt to the challenges of 2023
There are very few sectors of the UK economy sheltered from the impact of repeated interest hikes, and real estate is not one of them. Over the past 12 months, the market has moved from a zero-rate environment to one where the cost of capital has been gradually rising, affecting ...
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Distrkt’s Camilla Topham on the not-so-dry January for hospitality
The market has never felt harder to predict. Early in January on a Tuesday evening I visited a West End foodhall and was astounded by how busy it was.
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Soho Estates’ Steve Norris on grade III listings
Designer and TV presenter Kevin McCloud is a legend. Which of us doesn’t watch Grand Designs just to see how much grief couples go through to build the house of their dreams?
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Equities analyst Alastair Stewart on the adage of buying on the rumour, selling on the good
There’s an old stock market adage, dating to less assiduously policed times: buy on the rumour, sell on the news. At least when it comes to good rumours.
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Ashby Capital’s Peter Ferrari on whether life sciences can throw a life line to London
After a turbulent second half of 2022, exemplified by shrinking investment volumes as buyers kept their powder dry amid elevated inflation, rising interest rates and geo-political uncertainty, predictions for 2023 were understandably gloomy.