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NewsRICS crisis is far from over
It never rains but it pours – or it does at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), anyway.
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Auction market has proved its resilience
Who would have guessed that more than a year after we were plunged into lockdown that the auction market would prove to be one of the most resilient parts of the property sector?
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Don’t be a climate dinosaur
Most people agree that urgent action is needed to address the climate crisis.
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Planning for better PDR
While people have been dreaming of living in large homes with gardens in the suburbs or countryside, the reality all too many have been waking up to is very different, especially if they live in a “home” delivered via permitted development rights (PDR).
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Insight
Industrial and logistics sector abuzz with activity
The industrial and logistics sector is abuzz with activity at the moment and many of the key issues are covered in this supplement.
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From the ESL to ESG
What a week. First, former US cop Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, prompting an outpouring of relief over the verdict. Then, we had the outrageous, but happily short-lived, proposals for a football European Super League (ESL), spearheaded by the so-called ‘big six’ UK football ...
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Retail must reinvent itself
After three months imprisoned within the same four walls, people in England were finally (partially) let loose from lockdown this week.
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Bubbly, bubbles and pay gaps
Plenty of people will be raising a glass of bubbly on Monday as we reach the first significant milestone on the roadmap out of lockdown. Some, however, will have bubbles of a different sort on their minds.
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Waking up to a brave new world
After so many blue Mondays, how nice was it to wake up to Happy Monday on 29 March? It was the perfect spring day to emerge blinking from our WFH bunkers and resume interaction with the outside world – and what a brave new world it is.
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Out of the retail ashes
We will soon find out what the new normal looks like for retail when non-essential retail – or what’s left of it – reopens on 12 April.
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Spring is in the air
Spring is with us, and bringing with it a renewed sense of optimism across the real estate sectors.
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Things are finally looking up
The industry may not quite be full of the joys of spring yet, but it appears finally to have left the winter of discontent behind it.
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Guide to finance: sector report March 2021
The past year has shone a bright light on the world of real estate finance.
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RICS CEO defends his stance
It’s the explosive interview everyone has been waiting for. No, not THAT one (all I’ll say about the Harry and Meghan interview is that as a mixed-race woman, I think it’s critically important to address race and mental health issues.)
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The ultimate fudge it Budget
It was the best of Budgets, it was the worst of Budgets – the best in terms of the eye-watering £65bn rescue package, and the worst as that said package represents a drop in the ocean of what is required to kickstart the economy.
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Roadmaps and brickbats
As roadmaps go, Boris Johnson’s “cautious” plan to ease England out of lockdown is not exactly the easiest to navigate – and there seems to be at least one major road missing.
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Do or die time for climate
I thought there was only supposed to be one Blue Monday a year. The 15th of February certainly gave the third Monday in January a run for its money.
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Is the future for industrial and logistics still bright?
Last year was a record-breaker for the sector as the combination of a global pandemic and looming Brexit sent take-up through the roof.
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Reset or RIP for retail?
Everyone (including me) keeps talking about long, dark tunnels, but I am starting to think we’re actually stuck in a very deep hole – one that it may prove impossible for some parts of the market to dig themselves out of.
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A taxing issue for councils
The pandemic has focused minds on a raft of ethical questions: how landlords treat their tenants ; what more the industry can do to rise to the climate crisis challenge ( launching green bonds, for example, as Atrium European Real Estate has ); and how RICS could better have handled ...
