All Property Eye articles

  • PW250823_Manchester_shutterstock_1771064639_cred zaeball
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    PROPS to the north

    2023-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Nominations for the first-ever North West PROPS Awards are now open.

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    Spin class: that's all folks

    2023-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The end is nigh. Pastis Communications’ four and a bit mediocre years of life are shortly to be over.

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    This week in… 2017

    2023-08-24T00:00:00Z

    ITV submitted bold plans for a 300,000 sq ft global HQ at its existing site on London’s South Bank.

  • Agent P written in calculator style white text on a red background. A cartoon man in a black suit and red tie is stood on the right of image. He has no facial features but is wearing sunglasses
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    Agent P: the property personnel hangover

    2023-08-04T00:01:00Z

    Friday 4 August 2.45am, Surbiton: Awake with start, heart thumping, the curse of too much red wine. Stagger to ablutions. Rest forehead on wall. Wonder where it all went wrong.

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    No laughing matter

    2023-08-03T00:01:00Z

    James Corden sells LA home and is hit by ‘mansion tax’ of almost $1m.

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    This week in… 2017

    2023-08-03T00:01:00Z

    The Garden Bridge Trust announced it was winding up proposals to build a £200m plant-covered pedestrian bridge across the River Thames.

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    Plastic is fantastic

    2023-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Research reveals Barbie’s lavish lifestyle would cost £2.2trn in real life.

  • Spin class
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    Spin class: It's a Barbie world

    2023-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Soph and I dressed up in pink to see Barbie at the weekend. We loved it. A fabulously funny fable, where “thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism and equal rights have been solved”. Barbieland is a world where women can be anything. A world for Soph and me!

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    This week in… 2015

    2023-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The government launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning to address what it called the “national housing emergency”.

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    Troubled waters

    2023-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Government office roof springs a leak, sending MPs and visitors running.

  • Agent P written in calculator style white text on a red background. A cartoon man in a black suit and red tie is stood on the right of image. He has no facial features but is wearing sunglasses
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    Agent P: end of term

    2023-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Friday 21 July, 9am, Teutonic Room: Just me and old Charlie Boy in the room. Posh Girl and Posh Boy finally got it together and are roasting at some £800-a-night all-inclusive resort in Greece.

  • Blocks of apartments_shutterstock_630173708_cred Roman Babakin PW251019_
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    This week in… 2013

    2023-07-20T00:00:00Z

    The Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee published a report calling for an overhaul of legislation on private rented housing to raise standards across the sector.

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    Top of the PROPS

    2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Reuben brothers and Mark Shipman among winners at PROPS Awards.

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    Spin class: Pulling on a Thread

    2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Soph and I are so fed up at having so little to do that we’ve joined Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to copy Twitter but with less Elon Musk-iness. It’s nothing special, although gives you the same opportunity as Twitter to find out the name of that BBC presenter.

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    This week in… 2018

    2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

    A House of Lords committee report called for an increase in offsite manufacturing (OSM) to speed up housing delivery.

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    Down to business

    2023-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Office staff abseil down Battersea chimney to promote IWG workspace.

  • Agent P written in calculator style white text on a red background. A cartoon man in a black suit and red tie is stood on the right of image. He has no facial features but is wearing sunglasses
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    Agent P: summertime sadness

    2023-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Friday 7 July, 9am, Corinthic Room: Order of business – decide destination and hammer out details of Team P’s traditional summer jaunt, which now allows us to, er, ‘work from home’ on the first Friday in August, rather than take a day’s holiday.

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    This week in… 2014

    2023-07-06T00:00:00Z

    A study by The Smith Institute found the NHS could save up to £6bn over 25 years if it worked with housing associations to use surplus land for supported housing.

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    Property takes a hit

    2023-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Industry figures fight it out in boxing ring to raise money for charity.

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    Spin class: a long summer

    2023-06-29T00:00:00Z

    What a time for news it is. The Titan implosion, Boris Johnson (almost daily), a mutiny in Russia… and then there’s real estate, where nothing’s happening. Nul points for Pastis Communications. June has felt like August.