All Property Eye articles – Page 3
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NewsAgent P: Bright ideas
Friday 12 May, 9am, Teutonic Room: “Anyone got a bright idea?” I ask in response to the news that one of Posh Boy’s rougher clients is looking to ‘repurpose’ a closed petrol station bought on the roaring A24 in south London – to go from BTR to… well, anything really. ...
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NewsThis week in… 2016
Then prime minister David Cameron revealed that any foreign company that owned UK property, or bid for government contracts, would have to join a public register of ownership.
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NewsSpin class: AI
After seeing the BBC headline ‘Is your job at risk from AI?’, Soph and I were heartened to discover the answer is not yet. When we asked Google’s AI bot Bard to “write an amusing 250-word column on a UK real estate PR firm, called Pastis Communications, founded by Soph ...
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NewsThis week in… 2013
Forward sales at housebuilder Barratt had risen by almost one third to around £1.3bn in the 18 weeks to 5 May, supported by the launch of the government’s Help to Buy scheme.
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NewsAgent P: 'Punishment of the innocent'
Friday 28 April, 9pm Adriatic Room: Just me and Sporty Girl. GBH has reached the ‘punishment of the innocent’ stage of a calamitous project. Back in 2018, Sporty Girl acted for a pension fund on a transaction to acquire the freehold of one of several residential towers bought for steady ...
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NewsThis week in…2016
BHS collapsed into administration, marking the loss of its 164 UK stores and 11,000 jobs. All BHS stores closed within the next six months as attempts to find a buyer failed.
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NewsSpin class: the power of three
Soph and I often advise our clients to stick to the power of three when communicating. “When you’re on a panel or writing a column or a LinkedIn post, focus on making three points. Two is too few and four is too many,“ we say.
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NewsThis week in…2016
Stephen Dance, then head of infrastructure delivery at the Treasury, slammed housebuilders for holding on to land and refusing to increase housing supply to boost their profits.
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NewsDrop it like it’s hot
House prices rise but it is taking longer to shift property in the capital
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NewsAgent P: Greenies
Friday 14 April, 6pm, Woburn Golf Club: Shooting the breeze at the 19th with key client after shooting 107 on the Dukes Course. Bloody pine trees. Time to casually mention the bad news.
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NewsThis week in… 2012
Then housing minister Grant Shapps pushed forward plans to establish the first social housing REITs, publishing a consultation on how to bring more private investment into the sector and encourage providers to convert or launch REITs.
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NewsSpin Class: Consultation
Public consultation is a misnomer. The word ‘consultation’ implies a two-way discussion that leads to a mutual decision.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
The London mayoral election came to an end, with Sadiq Khan taking 57% of the final vote to beat Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith.
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NewsAgent P: EPC
Friday 31 March, 7.30am Baltic Room: Unholy hour to be in the office. But today is ‘F’ Day. No, not eff… F-rated, as in Energy Performance Certificate clunkers. Today is the last day before it becomes unlawful to continue to let commercial property with an ‘F’ or ‘G’ rating.
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NewsNot going for a song
Hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest boosts Liverpool holiday rents
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NewsThis Week In… 2020
Shopping centre operator intu began a series of meetings with lenders and investors in an attempt to rescue the company from imminent collapse.
