All Expert comment articles – Page 25
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InsightValues can only be measured with movement in real rates
It wasn’t long ago that there was just one broadly consistent and, hopefully, true version of the news. Whether received via newspaper, radio, television or the internet in its infancy, we consumed roughly the same news stories as our neighbours, friends and colleagues.
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InsightLondon streets to feel the freeze
As a Londoner concerned for the future of our wonderful city, I leapt at the chance to interview local government expert Professor Tony Travers for my podcast.
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InsightPost-pandemic office transformation – how to invest now in real estate
Ever since the start of the pandemic and the rise of the work-from-home movement, investors have pondered the future of the office asset class.
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InsightWhat London needs from the next PM
The new prime minister is arriving to one of the most daunting in-trays within living political memory. One of the most difficult balancing acts will be about how to intervene to get through the current crisis while also sowing the foundations for long-term, sustainable growth. London could provide an answer.
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InsightThe Conservatives under Truss will lose the red wall
With Truss’s accession to prime minister, the political future of England’s red wall is perilously close to toppling. Starmer and the Labour Party now have, ironically, a golden opportunity to become the party of levelling up and to deliver to the Midlands and the north what the Conservatives had originally ...
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InsightWhy ESG and why now? The role of commercial real estate
While this summer’s weather has provided the opportunity to increase our vitamin D levels, it has also highlighted the challenges we are going to face as a nation in a changing climate – challenges such as fires, drought and flooding.
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InsightTurn up the volume for longer life
The design dilemmas and challenges facing clients and architects increase by the day. Even quite modest proposals require, as part of planning applications, analysis of carbon and fire implications that planners are not trained to pass judgement on. Hence the rise of niche specialists in the planning process, commenting on ...
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InsightLifecycle is just beginning for cryptocurrency
There is much talk in the media right now about cryptocurrency, some of it more negative than positive. I’ve written articles on how cryptocurrency will be a force for needed change in the hospitality industry, and how it has the potential to influence numerous markets, no matter how big or ...
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InsightThe build-to-rent revolution is only just beginning
Within a decade, the UK population is forecast to grow by 1.8 million people - a 2.7% increase. Meanwhile, the size of the average household is declining, and there remains a meaningful structural undersupply of affordable homes. Without rapid action from private investors, the UK’s housing crisis could worsen significantly ...
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InsightBuildings must be fit for future
Future-proofing the buildings we design to promote longevity requires an in-built adaptability that simply isn’t compatible with the systems we’re accustomed to today.
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InsightWe’ve been turned upside down
The past few years have turned the world on its head. The pandemic caused the global economy to shrink, with volatile markets and soaring inflation levels only adding to the struggles.
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InsightBringing high streets back to life
Can our local and regional shopping centres thrive again? The closure of many high street names over the past few years has changed the look and feel of many shopping centres and streets, leading to a depleted offering – and plummeting footfall.
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InsightWest End requires urgent action
A thriving London is good for the rest of the UK, and the West End should be at the very heart of the nation’s economic recovery. But as London gets back to business, recruitment has become an existential issue facing the West End’s hospitality sector.
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InsightHow proptech can bolster your property’s ESG credentials
As the need to demonstrate ESG principles rapidly grows in the property sector, so too does the role of digital technology.
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InsightESG loans will play key role in future of housing
With the built environment, and buildings in particular, accounting for a significant proportion of energy usage, emissions and embedded carbon, addressing sustainability in the real estate sector is critical to meeting international sustainability targets and minimising climate change.
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InsightNo surprise hybrid model is a hit
For 30-plus years, I thought of myself as part of the real estate industry. However, I’ve come to realise my role has at least as much to do with HR as it does commercial property. That’s because at a basic level, it is people-centric and empowers people to work more ...
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InsightLet’s stand out as a force for good
Although many of today’s real estate firms are on a pathway towards managing their environmental impact, the route to managing social impact is at a very different stage.
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InsightCulture shift key to reduce errors
The passing of the Building Safety Act has brought about the biggest changes to building safety regulation in a generation.
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InsightLet’s pray Truss succeeds as PM
So it’s obviously Liz Truss. Unless some extraordinary gaff derails her, the foreign secretary is nailed on as our next prime minister.
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InsightInflation impact felt far and wide
UK inflation hit 10.1% in July according to the Office for National Statistics – a 40-year high. Once considered endemic to a bygone era in markets, inflation is predicted to exceed 13% later this year, a level few investors will have experienced. The impacts will be felt far and wide ...
