All Insight articles – Page 15
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InsightBig interview with CapitalRise CEO, Uma Rajah: Setting a prime example in London
Uma Rajah, CEO of specialist lending exchange CapitalRise, tells Property Week why her firm is well placed to seize the opportunities offered by the largely recession-proof luxury London housing market.
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InsightSquare Feet’s Daniel Leon on how mixed-use schemes will solve property woes
UK real estate is in a precarious position, with chronic housing shortages and rising mortgages posing a significant challenge to the future development of residential and commercial properties. Homeowner confidence has declined dramatically, with 62% of Londoners dissatisfied with the state of the housing market since 2019.
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InsightAvison Young’s Lesley Males on whether the concept of the department store is truly dead
The decline of the department store sector has been under way for the last 10 years. Around 85% of those occupied by the former ‘traditional’ operators have closed, with problems increasing since the collapse of BHS. This begs the question of whether the concept of the department store is truly ...
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InsightMadison Lincoln’s Alexandra Hendry on why women are more enticed by counter offers
As part of National Inclusion Week Alexandra Hendry explains why organisations are increasingly using counter offers to retain female talent..
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InsightLinesight's Niall Greene on why the gigafactory opportunity is huge
The property sector is in a race to strategically plan and construct the necessary infrastructure for a decarbonised world. This encompasses a wide range of essential elements, including renewable power generation, zero-emission transportation and net zero buildings. The magnitude of this endeavour cannot be overstated.
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InsightEPRA’s Dominique Moerenhout on why Europe’s hotel sector is a promising avenue
The European real estate market has experienced turbulence due to rising inflation and shifting investor sentiment. At a subsector level, however, the continent’s hotel sector has emerged as a promising asset class with a strong future. As travel restrictions have largely eased and consumer confidence proves resilient, the hotel industry ...
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InsightOsprey’s Salmon’s Leap Super-hub: A Model for Modern Charging Infrastructure
Osprey Charging has created a totally unique EV charging destination at Salmon’s Leap, in Buckfastleigh, Devon, a sign-post for the future of rapid EV charging.
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InsightWas housing really trussed by Liz?
Blink and you’d have missed them, but a year on from Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s widely derided clanger of a ‘mini Budget’, housebuilders and estate agents are still reporting the aftermath. Imagine if the former prime minister and chancellor had unleashed a ‘maxi Budget’?
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InsightNutrient neutrality: we are back in limbo again
Editor: The House of Lords’ rejection of the government’s proposed nutrient neutrality solution is where people playing party politics do this country no favours at all.
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InsightLandlords rely on good contractors
Editor: The Housing Ombudsman’s annual review reported tenant complaints rose 104% in 2021-22, with 66% of these focusing on repairs. It seems that dissatisfaction with landlords and management companies is at an all-time high, something that has been exacerbated by concerns about the cost-of-living crisis and rising interest rates.
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InsightBeware the sunlit uplands
As I write hastily on Wednesday (20.09.23), I assume speech writers in the back rooms of No 10 Downing Street will be hammering their keyboards with even greater urgency, tasked with framing the government’s shift on climate policy in the best possible light. I don’t envy their task in polishing ...
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InsightProperty Week’s RESI Trailblazers: the stars of the show
Property Week’s RESI Trailblazers celebrate the rising stars of the UK residential real estate sector. We outline the achievements of our winners – 12 outstanding professionals aged under 30.
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InsightResi sector faces up to big challenges
This year’s RESi360 conference brought together leading thinkers to debate the key issues facing the residential sector and to discuss what steps need to be taken to get the market moving again.
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InsightBig interview: Get Living chief exec Rick de Blaby on what’s next for the BTR specialist
A decade ago, Get Living began transforming part of the London 2012 Olympics site into a new neighbourhood in Stratford. Now it is almost complete, chief executive Rick de Blaby tells Property Week about its future plans.
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InsightWe Are Placemaking’s Nick Morgan on the importance of ‘hero’ events
When it comes to attracting visitors to any given space, developers and marketers have long been under the impression that ‘surprise and delight’ activity is the most effective method of retention – attracting and nurturing visitors with unexpected experiences.
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InsightWe must rebalance the scales to make reusing buildings viable
The property sector is going through the ‘five stages of grief’ in understanding that we can’t bulldoze our way towards a brighter future.
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InsightBig interview with Octopus Real Estate: ‘How far can we push the boundaries?’
Octopus Real Estate’s Edward Clough tells Property Week how it is boosting its sustainability, and the sector’s via a funding alliance with Homes England.
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InsightSoho Housing’s Barbara Brownlee on London’s affordable housing struggles
London faces an affordable housing crisis: a fact that is well known, is historic and has remained unaffected by countless different housing and planning policies, grant regimes and badly-thought-through schemes.
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InsightPeter Freeman, Argent founder and Homes England chair, tells PropCast about how Cambridge can supercharge Britain
In one of the highest-profile interviews to date, Peter Freeman, chairman of Homes England joins Montfort’s Andrew Teacher on PropCast to talk building more social housing, his ambition to supercharge Cambridge into the UK’s Silicon Valley, and why property development is a little bit like filmmaking.
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InsightPropertyCEO’s Ritchie Clapson on small-scale development being the perfect new business
The UK is not short of fresh business blood. More than 750,000 new companies were registered in the UK last year. Unfortunately, on average, around 20% of UK businesses fail during their first two years. This rises to 45% after five years. And 65% after 10 years.
