All Expert comment articles – Page 20
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InsightCanvas Offices’ Yaron Rosenblum on ‘office as a service’ as the landlord’s solution
Being a landlord isn’t what it used to be. Conventional wisdom has always found bricks and mortar to be a sound investment, but for the many commercial landlords whose buildings are lying empty, the situation can be a difficult one.
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InsightDundee City Council’s John Alexander on sowing the seeds of success in Scotland
Throughout history, Scotland has been a centre for innovation, entrepreneurialism and business endeavour, its cities brimming with the ambition to prosper. Today is no different, despite the economic challenges of high inflation and weakened activity.
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InsightAviva Investors’ Daniel McHugh on why market repricing represents an opportunity for long-term investors
Events in commercial real estate over recent weeks have yet again reminded us that market cycles are long, but investors’ memories are short. Although history is not repeating itself exactly, we have been at this point in the cycle before and seen the same warning lights flashing.
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InsightM7 Real Estate’s Richard Croft on 2023, a year where monetary tightening will lead to monetary easing… again.
We have seen this movie before. Monetary tightening leading to recession and then monetary easing.
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InsightNewstead Capital’s Simon Champ on the silver bullet for SME housebuilders
Life for small and medium-sized housebuilders can be tough compared to the big companies, which have large balance sheets and land banks.
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InsightColliers’ Willem Janssen and Puma’s Paul Frost on sustainable future proofing
Over the past few years, the flight to quality among investors and corporate blue-chip occupiers has seen many moving their capital away from riskier commercial real estate investments to safer ones – which usually include strongly targeted ESG credentials.
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InsightCarbon Intelligence’s Oliver Light on whether NABERS will be UK landlords’ best friend
Improving the energy efficiency of UK commercial real estate has been on the government’s net-zero agenda since before the launch of the ‘Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’ in 2020. Critically, it is not just about decarbonising the grid, but also about how to reduce the energy consumption ...
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InsightTime to rethink the mortgage model
Mortgages have become a staple of modern living, with very few people able to avoid the process when looking to purchase a home. Apart from cash buyers or those gifted a home, most homebuyers must resort to some form of mortgage.
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InsightSmart investors can still succeed
For a market that has historically been cyclical and relatively predictable, recent years have been anything but in the property industry, and as we head into 2023, the fog of political and economic uncertainty shows no signs of lifting.
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InsightHas Gove got it wrong this time?
Readers of this column will know that I have a special place in my heart for that most agile and effective of ministers, Michael Gove.
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InsightTech will unlock a green future
Between growing social concern over climate change and ambitious environmental strategies being adopted by governments across the world, the global climate crisis is demanding that every aspect of our lives becomes more sustainable.
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InsightSponsored: IoT essential for student market
Digital transformation within the student accommodation market is being driven both through residents’ demands and from within the market.
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InsightGT3 Architects’ Michael Simpson on balancing the workplace equation
In the two and a half years since Boris Johnson called the first national lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19, people’s attitudes towards the office have changed dramatically, and employers are having to play catch-up with their workspaces to maintain staff satisfaction.
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InsightMcBains’ Michael Lytrides on how senior living BTR can help fill the retirement home void
Over the next two decades, the UKs older population is projected to grow substantially, with people aged 65 and over making up almost a quarter of the population by 2043 – 17.4 million people in total – and the number of over 85s expected to double to 2.6 million.
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InsightProperty Raptor’s Justin Lau on the property tech sector setting records in venture funding
According to Future Market Insights, the proptech industry is expected to grow in value from $18.2 bn (£15.24bn) in 2022 to $86.5bn (£71.01bn) in 2032, while FinLedger reported that the first half of 2022 saw a record $13.1bn (£10.75bn) invested in real estate tech and proptech companies. If it continues ...
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InsightTake a design tip from reality TV
Global TV and social media is awash with reality TV shows, usually regional variations on a theme featuring exposed individuals put into a highly pressurised environment without the necessary tools to cope properly.
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InsightCreating value in a virtual world
There is an opportunity in the metaverse for those willing to learn more about this new space.
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InsightLife sciences making city move
The rapid growth of the life sciences industry is now drawing its firms out of their sleepy suburban locations and into the city in search of what they need to keep expanding: talent.
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InsightThe growing affordability gap
Research has shown that on average women earn less and have lower levels of wealth than men. In most regions in the UK, women need higher multiples of income to buy their own home. This affordability gap means access to the property market is more difficult for women.
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InsightZombie offices are a scary prospect
Part two of a potted history of property. Penned to give a sense of perspective of what might be coming, given a downturn. Last month told of redundancy fears among agents. This month mulls the future for office values, given profound changes in demand.
