All Feedback articles – Page 17
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InsightOffices will be crucial to recovery
Editor: It is troubling to see UK workers once again confined to their homes, as we enter a second national lockdown.
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InsightLet’s focus on ‘generation rent better’
Editor: The prime minister’s vow to “turn generation rent into generation buy” with a proposed increase in low-deposit mortgages for first-time buyers suggests a willingness to help young people on to the property ladder.
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InsightCovid-safe offices should stay open
Editor: It has been interesting to keep an eye on Avison Young’s ‘Return to Office’ index, highlighted in your piece ‘Office worker numbers hold up despite WFH advice ’.
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InsightA better option for affordable homes
Editor: In her recent comment piece, Geeta Nanda writes: “ The need to build more affordable homes has never been so urgent ”. I profoundly disagree. It is the need to build more homes that has never been so urgent.
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InsightTech critical to back office success
Editor: It is no surprise that lockdown has seen a rise in the volume of ‘grey space’ in London’s office market, as 61% of desk-based workers reportedly want to work from home more following lockdown .
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InsightWe can’t ignore negative equity risk
Editor: The prime minister’s announcement of 95% LTV mortgages for first-time buyers at the virtual Conservative conference last Tuesday will undoubtedly support first-time buyers in accessing the property market, while simultaneously inflating property prices .
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InsightThe tech’s there to tackle laundering
Editor: The case of Mansoor Mahmood Hussain, known as ‘Manni’, (‘ Leeds developer loses £10m of property due to money laundering charge ’,) clearly demonstrates the huge gaps in protection against money laundering that exist in the property market, through which criminals are able to pour millions of pounds a ...
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InsightHub-and-spoke model is the future
Editor: It is no surprise that the regional office market has remained robust throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with stable rents outside the UK’s primary cities a strong indication of future working norms.
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InsightDigital solutions can help CRE firms
Editor: Yardi’s Justin Harley noted recently in Property Week that “ technology is more important than ever in the residential world ”. This can also be said for the commercial world, yet many CRE businesses still have far to travel in digital transformation and data capabilities.
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InsightHospitality faces a knockout punch
Editor: It really is turning into the fight of the century for the hospitality sector .
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OnlineTech will underpin PBSA flex appeal
Editor: It is encouraging to see PBSA adopting more flexible leasing arrangements in order to accommodate different course lengths and formats and address the increased uncertainty surrounding the pandemic .
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InsightLet’s repurpose underused car parks
Editor: In 1970, Joni Mitchell’s hit ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ proclaimed “they paved paradise and put up a parking lot”. Perhaps it is time to revisit this.
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InsightExpect more New Look-style CVAs
Editor: The New Look CVA rent deal is a watershed moment for both occupiers and landlords.
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InsightCovid insurance ruling may save jobs
Editor: The High Court ruling that some insurers should have paid out for losses caused by lockdown is a major victory to policyholders and the thousands of businesses that had trading interrupted by Covid-19.
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InsightA tight timescale for affordable homes
Editor: The government’s commitment of £12bn to help deliver 180,000 new affordable homes over the next five years is welcome and significant – as is the pledge that 50% of these new homes will be affordable rental product (‘Jenrick releases details of £12bn affordable housing programme’)
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InsightLet’s do things better post-lockdown
Editor: The argument about getting people back to the office (‘ Government campaign to bring workers back to the office ’), continues to spark fierce debate.
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InsightWe must solve homelessness now
Editor: The news that Alvarium Home REIT Advisors is seeking a £250m listing to aid its effort in tackling homelessness in the UK is a welcome and timely step towards delivering safe shelter for all.
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InsightGreen recovery post-lockdown is vital
Editor: While TrustMark accreditation is vitally important in establishing consumer confidence in the tradespeople retrofitting homes (‘ RIBA responds to £2bn Green Homes Grants ’, a more pressing need might first be increasing the size of our nation’s energy workforce.
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InsightTwo-speed rental market is emerging
Editor: The latest rental index from Zoopla shows a two-speed rental market emerging in the UK. Outside London, annual rental growth to the end of Q2 2020 was up 2.2%, while in London rents fell 1.4% year on year.
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InsightTraffic reveals post-lockdown trends
Editor: As lockdown restrictions have lifted, traffic has migrated back to motorways with even more visitors than before.
