All Insight articles – Page 14
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InsightProptech market continues to grow in Europe
Fifth Wall recently announced that its European Real Estate Technology Fund had closed with an oversubscribed €140m (£117m).
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Companies expect more from their office space post-Covid
London has always been a city of villages. Its many pockets, from Marylebone and Shoreditch to Wimbledon and Hampstead, each have their own architectural fabric, infrastructure and identity.
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Channel Islands investment opportunities remains strong
The Channel Islands’ property market has enjoyed a strong couple of years. Average residential property prices have increased substantially, with Jersey seeing the largest rise: up 18% from £567,000 in Q4 2020 to £673,000 in Q4 2021, compared with a 9% rise in the UK over the same period.
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Time to change the conversation on EPCs
Editor: All this talk about reviewing EPCs is great – but you don’t need an ‘A’ to be net zero carbon; buildings could be net zero carbon with only a ’C’ rating.
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The challenges of expanding overseas
Property Week asks what challenges UK property agencies face when trying to establish a presence in overseas markets.
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The birth of a logistics giant
GLP Europe’s Daan van den Hoven and Nick Cook reveal to Property Week how the business has transformed itself into one of the biggest logistics developers in Europe.
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Days of buying a balanced portfolio look numbered
Balanced core portfolios have been at the heart of real estate strategies for decades, following what appeared to be a relatively low-risk approach to provide steady income to match insurers’ and pension funds’ current and future liabilities.
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It is vital we forge an equal workforce for all
Editor: While there has been a tremendous movement to put women at the helm of a previously male-dominated auction industry, there is still a distinct lack of women valuers in the business asset and property sector.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Martina Pardo, founder & director of A Designer At Heart
Martina Pardo, founder & director of A Designer At Heart, on how she got started in the property industry, her top TV and book picks, what she’d do with a million pounds and her top travel destination.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Conrad Peberdy, managing director of Ethical Property
Conrad Peberdy, managing director of Ethical Property, on how he got started in the property industry, his top TV and book picks, what he’d do with a million pounds and his most ridiculous fact.
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What does the new Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act mean for landlords and tenants?
Buyers of long leases of residential properties, especially on new developments, heaved a sigh of relief when the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 8 February 2022.
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How confident are investors in UK real estate?
Investor confidence throughout Covid and Brexit has swung radically between despair and hope. Covid rocked the foundations of our built environment, economy and businesses, causing a significant variations dispersion between performance in industries and investment types.
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The writing’s on the wall for planning reform
Editor: The gathering rumour that the government is finally about to consign the planning white paper to the dustbin is disappointing but hardly a shock.
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Heat pumps: hope isn’t a strategy
The UK government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy (HBS) aims to reach net zero emissions from buildings by 2050.
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Regional shift will pay dividends
We were especially encouraged to see the focus on addressing the talent and skills mismatch in last month’s Levelling Up White Paper.
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We’re living in dangerous times
I doubt that many of us could have conceived that as we entered 2022 it would not be the virus that filled our media but the very real threat that an increasingly paranoid dictator in Russia could have seriously raised the threat of nuclear war.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Sam Caulton, chief financial officer of Re-Leased
Sam Caulton, chief financial officer of Re-Leased, on how he got started in the property industry, his top TV and book picks, his best and worst purchases and his number-one travel destination.
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View from the top: Cal Lee, global head of Workthere
As Savills’ flexible workspace business Workthere turns five, its global head tells Property Week how it has fared, what his plans for growth are and where he thinks the biggest challenges and opportunities lie.
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Getting on board with skateparks
Betongpark duo Daryl Nobbs and Stuart Maclure tell Simon Creasey how the Norwegian-headquartered skatepark design business operates and why they believe that skateparks are so important to an area.
