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InsightTime to promote sharing values
As the country begins to emerge from the latest lockdown and the awe-inspiring efforts to roll out the vaccine continue, I feel a sense of optimism returning. For me, that hopefulness has ignited a renewed commitment to tackling one of the biggest challenges society faces: the housing crisis.
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InsightWill lenders check out of hotels?
Companies in the travel and tourism industry have been among the worst casualties of the pandemic. According to PwC, the 2020 figure for revenue per available room (RevPAR) was the worst since benchmarking began, while UK hotel occupancy rates in 2021 are forecast to be 55%.
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InsightSEGRO, CPPIB and boxing clever
Word has it SEGRO is seeking a plot in or around the Square Mile on which to dig a ruddy great big hole.
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Insight‘Manchester is prime for investment’
According to predictions made in CBRE’s 2021 UK Real Estate Market Outlook, the office market is set to pick back up, with a focus on redesign, premium collaboration spaces and Grade A space proving more popular than ever and we can report that UK office yields will remain stable despite ...
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InsightRates reform vital to save retail
The new Covid-19 variant makes things worse for retail when we hoped they might be better. The best hope for non-essential retail is a combination of furlough, meaningful grant levels and 100% business rates relief through to the end of the pandemic.
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NewsPandemic still biting the Big Apple
New York City’s property-world panic has eased somewhat but the situation remains troubled and tense.
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InsightPandemic? What pandemic?
“Tis the season to be jolly careful,” the once ebullient Boris Johnson cautioned the nation, confirming the second lockdown would end in tiers.
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InsightBusiness rates system is rotten apple
Editor: When rateable values were last updated in 2017, the apple was the UK’s favourite fruit. It now barely features in the top 10 – a sign that a lot has changed in three years .
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InsightHotel sector favours the brave
Hotels have had a tough year. This was brought home in September with the news that the 478-room Hilton Times Square in New York would not be reopening, alongside several other Manhattan hotels. Closer to home, the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch announced that its doors would stay shut.
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InsightTail no longer wagging the dog
Five years ago, we were stonewalled on our ‘sell retail’ theme, but after intu’s collapse and Hammerson’s £525m rights issue, it’s now a trade the shoeshine boy knows about.
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InsightTime to restore trust in valuers
In July, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) directed four big accountants to set apart their audit arms by 2024.
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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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InsightAlternative lenders seize the day
Since the Covid-19 crisis hit, the case for alternative finance has become increasingly compelling.
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OnlineTime-poor, tech-savvy investors turn to P2P property lending
Peer-to-peer (P2P) property lending emerged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis with a pledge to democratise investing and enable retail investors to get access to, and invest in, a wide range of alternative financial product such as loans to SME property developers.
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OnlineDeep impact: a guide to real estate impact investing
Impact investing means generating a purposeful, measurable, social or environmental benefit alongside a financial return.
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InsightInvestment can be force for good
September always brings a sense of going back to work and starting a new year with the lessons of the old.
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InsightMore action is required on business rates relief
Editor: Some businesses can breathe a little easier following last week’s Budget. As Property Week reported, the chancellor announced that any eligible retail, leisure or hospitality business with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will pay no business rates this year .
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InsightBudget measures must help everyone
Editor: Extra business rates relief measures announced by the chancellor this week, added to those in the Budget, should go far in helping the retail and leisure sector through the worst of the current coronavirus crisis .
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InsightM&A time for specialist lenders
The recent CharterCourt and OneSavingsBank merger, and Foresight Group’s acquisition of Signature Private Finance, may be a sign of things to come in the specialist finance market.
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OnlineWhat can the property industry expect from this week’s Budget?
In its 2019 election manifesto, the Conservative Party committed to a fundamental review of the business rates system.
