All articles by Mark Jansen – Page 17
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Professional
Partners in grime
English Partnerships is bringing together landowners, developers and planners to explore ways to revive brownfield sites across the UK.
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Professional
Southwark urged to employ more ethnic minority planning staff...
Report calls on council to counter perceived racism by reflecting area’s diversity in its staffing
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Dealing with the pack
The advent of information packs for housebuyers will create thousands of jobs. But there are fears that surveyors may not be the first in line to fill the posts.
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Insight
Frustrated tenants mark landlords down for lack of communication
Landlords are slow to respond to queries and seldom seek customers’ opinions, RICS survey shows
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Insight
Landlords under fire for costly, late and confusing charges
RICS urged to lay down standards as study reveals inexplicably high bills for tenants
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Professional
Get off my land deeds
The Land Registry wants all property in England and Wales to be registered by 2012. But many of the country’s bigger landowners are having none of it.
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Professional
Government to clamp down on out-of-town mezzanines
Consultation begins on restrictions to protect town centre retail
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Late, incomprehensible and high: study slams service charge bills
Research reveals tenants are paying too much for services and calls for greater transparency
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Preservation police
The Heritage Lottery fund has appointed a new panel of project managers and building surveyors to make sure its money is well spent.
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Professional
Tenants deliver stinging blow to landlords in RICS survey
Property managers criticised for poor communication
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News
Housing benefit
Affordable housing quotas may be bad news for developers, but they mean more work for valuers.
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Professional
Surveyors braced for FSA deadline
From next week, surveyors who deal with insurance and are not registered with the Financial Services Authority will be committing a criminal offence.
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Insight
Banking on a tax cut
Banks and building societies have negotiated concessions with the VOA on their business rates.
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Professional
Southwark’s equality drive
Following allegations of institutional racism, Southwark council proposes sweeping changes
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Professional
Pay as you build
A new finance structure is allowing councils to borrow millions of pounds to fund the building of school, office and leisure projects.
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Professional
A very public consultation
Developers are embracing the government’s call for more public involvement in the planning process, despite fears that it delays schemes
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Professional
The army’s salvation
A canny property deal has given the Salvation Army a new headquarters in the heart of London, free of charge
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Professional
Winning the battle for sites
Local councils will be forced to provide more sites for gypsies and travellers following a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal
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News
Occupiers urged to reach early rating settlements
The Valuation Office Agency tells occupiers to settle queries over new ratings assessments early, hoping to stem a flood of appeals in April.
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Professional
Hudson’s appeal
The new chief executive of the Valuation Office Agency is campaigning to slash the number of business rate appeals.