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InsightThey bet big, but will councils lose big?
Local authority investment in property has soared in recent years. Property Week asks what now as values and rental income crash.
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Alternative fix for housing crisis
It is no secret that the UK is suffering from one of the worst housing crises in generations.
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Help to Buy alone is not enough
Green shoots have started to show in the housing market, from an uptick in mortgage enquiries, renewed interest in certain properties such as houses with gardens, and big statements of confidence from major housebuilders such as Taylor Wimpey.
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The traditional office has advantages over flexi space
Editor: I have followed your articles by Steve Jude, chief executive of NewFlex, on the whys and wherefores of the service office market for many years and have always found him optimistic about the serviced office market competing with, and perhaps taking over, from the traditional market.
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Property Week’s events are returning soon
Following the government’s announcement that conferences and exhibitions will be permitted in England from 1 October, Property Week has published its updated event schedule.
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View from the top: Michael Ingall, CEO of Allied London
The Allied London CEO talks to Property Week about Covid-19 construction delays, seismic shifts in the perception of property caused by the pandemic and the critical importance of a diverse portfolio
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Letter from New York
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo broke restaurant-lovers’ hearts when he renewed the indoor dining ban that was expected to be lifted on July 20.
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WFH and offices go hand in hand
In one of his recent podcasts, renowned real estate consultant Antony Slumbers, who coined the term ‘space as a service’ in 2014, described the magnitude of the Covid-19 effect thus: “There will be history books with titles such as ‘The Calamitous Third Week of March 2020’, when (in the UK) ...
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Why the stamp duty move is still not enough
Looking back in history, whenever the UK economy has faced a recession, the government has always looked to the housing market to stimulate activity – Help to Buy being the effort that followed the 2008 financial crisis.
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Are cities off the menu?
While cities remain quieter than usual as lockdown eases, local neighbourhoods have burst into life. Property Week looks at how F B operators are capitalising and asks: what next for the sector?
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The return to offices calls for some flexibility
Editor: Gerald Kaye’s column did a fantastic job of extolling the office’s virtues and pointing out home-working’s limitations.
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Government must aid the F&B recovery
Editor: Having seen numerous cycles, although they have not been easy, I have been comforted by the knowledge that food and beverage (F B) is always the last to fall and the first to recover.
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Time for action on cladding crisis
The bravado and bluster from the government has so far not had the desired effect of expediting complex cladding remediation works.
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View from the top: Matt Crompton, managing director of Muse
Muse managing director Matt Crompton reveals to Property Week how the developer kept its schemes ticking over during lockdown and why he thinks it is well-placed to seize the post-pandemic opportunities.
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Retail needs a lifeline to survive
It’s hard to imagine how the past three months could have been any tougher for the retail property sector.
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Learning from the past master
A pity Richard Desmond did not follow the late Tony Pidgley’s footwork when trying to double the size on his now-notorious scheme for 1,500 flats at Westferry Printworks on the Isle of Dogs – if only to understand how Berkeley got permission to build 1,280 flats on a plot one ...
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PBSA leads on space as a service
Successful property strategies are all about understanding customer needs and delivering best-in-class services that reflect those needs.
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Flexibility is the future for offices
With the further easing of lockdown to allow pubs and restaurants to open in July, many of us are looking ahead to our return to the office.
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Residents’ ballots get our vote
When mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced the process of residents’ ballots almost two years ago, we embraced the policy, which aligned with our ethos of putting residents first, despite cynicism about its merits in the broader industry.
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Is American Dream the future of retail?
Triple Five recently launched one of the world’s biggest retail and leisure schemes. The firm’s leasing vice-president tells Property Week why experiential retail is key to survival for malls in America and beyond.
