All articles by Lem Bingley – Page 6
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NewsListed development options lead Savills’ October catalogue
Country house and north London apartment block with development potential are star lots in bumper line-up
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InsightThe winter’s tale
As I write, the government’s emergency “fiscal event” to get the nation through the winter has not yet been formally announced, but the details have been leaking out via the newspapers as readily as heat seeps out of an EPC ‘G’-rated property.
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NewsBond Wolfe achieves ‘healthy results’ at September auction
Firm says high sales rate shows there is still keen interest in UK property from domestic and international bidders.
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InsightAn example to us all
A frequent observation of the past week has been that the Queen’s death came as a shock. Despite her advanced age and obvious frailty when appointing Liz Truss as PM, none of us expected a gentle handshake in Balmoral to be her last official act.
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NewsAs staff return to offices, how many are ‘quietly quitting’?
On 7 February, the Cabinet Office began collecting statistics on how many civil servants were at work in 19 key central London buildings. Almost all the departments covered have seen a steady resumption of office-based working.
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NewsFire station to join blaze-hit home in Clive Emson auction
The auction house showcases its biggest catalogue of the year so far, with three £1m-plus lots up for grabs
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NewsLong-lease investment opportunities top 48-lot Acuitus catalogue
A retail property in Crawley, West Sussex, tops a 48-lot catalogue issued by Acuitus ahead of its 22 September sale.
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NewsNAV up 5% at supported home provider Triple Point
Supported living specialist Triple Point Social Housing REIT has reported a rise in net asset value (NAV) to 111.80p per share at its half-year point on 30 June 2022, up 5.06% compared with 106.42p a year earlier.
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InsightClark versus Clarke
It will take a while for the dust to settle, now that we have a new prime minister in Liz Truss, a new chancellor in Kwasi Kwarteng and a new levelling-up and housing secretary in Simon Clarke.
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InsightQ&A: Will interest rates undermine developers?
Mutual Finance MD Raed Hanna assesses the likely impact of high inflation
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NewsKensington £9.5m rental lot to headline at Strettons sale
The pair of period properties in west London are set to be the star lot at auction house’s 13 September auction.
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InsightThumb-twiddling time
While Rome burned, Emperor Nero fiddled, or so the legend goes. We are seeing the modern equivalent from our government, it seems.
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InsightInterview with LGIM’s Bill Hughes: Strange new worlds
Bill Hughes, head of real assets at Legal & General Investment Management, says patience is a virtue when exploring new territory.
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NewsMidtown office with resi scope to star at Barnard Marcus sale
Five-floor Bloomsbury office is one of 295 lots set to be offered at auction house’s 15 September auction.
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NewsHouse prices across the UK set to drop as affordability falls
Recent house price data gives little indication of the falls that are likely to come along with recession and rising interest rates.
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OnlineTime to act on energy
Business body the CBI is the latest organisation to sound a warning about the impact of the energy crisis. On Wednesday, it published the results of a survey of its members, indicating that almost a third of firms expected energy costs to rise by more than 30% over the next ...
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NewsSavills assembles 190 lots as auctions resume in September
The next sale, which includes 35 commercial properties, will allow for completions to be concluded pre-Q4.
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InsightRent increase equates to losing a room over the past two years
The two years to July 2022 have seen the fastest rise in rents in at least a decade, according to data compiled by estate agent Hamptons.
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OnlineQ&A: Smart moves in EV charging provision
Theodorik Leao of electrical specialist GoodWe on EV rules for resi schemes
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NewsDemographic swing to make Surrey a later-living hotspot
Surrey is on course to see an almost 10% rise in the number of over-60s residents over the next four years, according to research by proptech firm LandTech.
