All Expert comment articles – Page 31
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NewsHow to ease NI housing shortage
The price of an average house in Northern Ireland has increased by nearly £28,000 since the start of the pandemic, equivalent to annual average earnings in the region.
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NewsBeware of Mike the Merciless
Mike the Merciless has been in action again. Last month, Michael Gove stun-gunned housebuilders into shelling out for cladding repairs.
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NewsCouncils need better resources for housing delivery
Michael Gove’s suggestion of abolishing S106 and introducing an Infrastructure Levy is being debated extensively.
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NewsAn online answer to fund failings
Owning real assets such as property has often been thought of as a good hedge against inflation, but the issue with property is its illiquidity.
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OnlineA market slowdown is unlikely
Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article called ‘The End of Smith’, in reference to the father of modern economics Adam Smith. I believed then (and now) that the pandemic was the final nail in the coffin of the artistic science of economics.
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OnlineNo crisis signs for housebuilders
Cost-of-living crisis, rising interest rates, Covid, Brexit and a grinding war in Ukraine. Cue carnage for the housing market? For housebuilders, so far, it’s still a case of ‘crisis, what crisis?’
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OnlineCreative spark revives industry
My attention was recently caught by an article in The New Yorker by US author Jonah Lehrer on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s wartime Building 20 – a laboratory known as the Rad Lab that is believed to have played a major part in the Allies’ victory by advancing radar ...
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OnlineWho will foot the retrofitting bill?
With the UK’s energy crisis further exacerbated by energy price cap changes coming into full force last month, as well as the ongoing impacts of sanctions on Russian gas and energy resources, it is an understatement to say households and businesses alike are feeling the pinch.
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OnlineA strategic approach to net gain
From 2023, planning permission will only be granted to developments in England and Wales that achieve 10% biodiversity net gain. A strategic approach to net gain will be essential in limiting costs, expediting the planning process and ultimately ensuring development viability.
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InsightWorld Earth Day: more than just a hashtag for corporate real estate
On 22 April, #WorldEarthDay once again did the rounds on social media, with many businesses keen to showcase their efforts to combat the climate crisis.
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InsightDigital FM tools are key in designing low carbon buildings
As World Facilities Management Day comes around on 11 May, you could ask what is happening in facilities management (FM) and how it is affecting property developers?
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InsightJobs market set to spiral down
To me, Jacob Rees-Mogg does not represent the zenith of British political capability. However, his recent tactic of leaving messages for absent civil servants at empty offices may just represent the high water mark of the British labour market in recent times.
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NewsSustainable planning is a must
With its fundamental purpose being to decide what gets to be built where, planning encompasses several areas that are essential for producing truly sustainable development – both immediately, and for the long term.
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NewsLittle progress since NHS review
Incredibly, five years have now passed since the publication of Sir Robert Naylor’s national review of the NHS property estate.
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NewsHow to ease the cost-of-living crisis
The cost-of-living crisis is now really starting to bite hard following huge surges in energy, transport and food prices.
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NewsPlateauing of tall-building pipeline may be on cards
Last week, Knight Frank and New London Architecture launched the annual Tall Buildings Survey, which provided an excellent snapshot of London’s evolving skyline of 20-storey-plus buildings.
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NewsBTR has a key role in levelling up
Levelling up will be a major theme for real estate in the next decade, whichever government is in power.
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InsightReal estate is most fertile in times of change
A 2012 article in The New Yorker by American author, neuroscience expert and Rhodes scholar Jonah Lehrer recently caught my attention.
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InsightSale-and-leasebacks hit logistics limelight
As we slowly enter into a post-pandemic world, we observe a logistics sector that has fundamentally transformed.
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InsightNFTs could revolutionise real estate
As digital technology continues to advance, Firethorn Trust recognises the need to move towards digitising the built world through a process that could be transformative for the way we interact with physical real estate.
