All Property Eye articles – Page 7
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NewsSpin class: mini-budget
The sun shone and 40,000 of us packed Munich’s trade halls, but the mood at Expo Real was decidedly gloomy. As if the prolonged war in Ukraine was not enough, the Brits were reeling from the chaos caused by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
The developers behind Battersea Power Station told Property Week that a new, landmark deal with Apple would “underpin the destination” and could lead to more of the scheme’s space being converted into offices.
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ProfessionalKeep it in the family
Poll reveals family feuds over inheritance of Baby Boomers’ wealth
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ProfessionalAgent P: economic crisis
Friday 7 October, 8.15am, Teutonic Room: Full house this morning! Not only are all of Team P present and correct, I’ve not seen so many folks in the office on a Friday since the GBH Christmas party in December 2019, when Those Upstairs paraded the floors in silly Santa jumpers ...
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2012
Prime minister David Cameron said that without continued commitment to planning reform, Britain would continue to lose key businesses to foreign rivals.
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ProfessionalSpin class: mini-budget
The “oh shit” moment came when a client told me the cost of real estate debt had soared to 7.5% and was rising rapidly.
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ProfessionalPooled effort in Bath
Community-backed project splashes out £9.3m to restore UK’s oldest lido
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2008
The government announced plans to nationalise Bradford & Bingley on 29 September 2008, after agreeing a partial rescue deal with Santander.
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ProfessionalMaxed-out hype
Young buyers ‘willing’ (but unlikely able) to pay extra for ‘maximalist’ homes
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ProfessionalAgent P: EPC
Friday 23 September, 9am, Britannic Room. Never mind that deal that collapsed on Tuesday when the client discovered it would cost £3m to upgrade a £15m office block in Reigate from ‘D’ to ‘B’. We’d said the clunker might cost £1m to get a ‘B’-grade Energy Performance Certificate. A GBH ...
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2012
Delegates at the Resi 2012 conference heard that increased stamp duty was “repelling” wealthy buyers.
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NewsSpin class: quiet quitting
At last, we’ve picked up a new client. Well, his business is new – life sciences – but he’s not, as we worked for him when his previous company, a flexible workspace provider, went bust during one of the Covid WFH lockdowns. His business model is simple: chase trends, jump ...
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NewsThis week in... 2015
Developer Quintain unveiled plans for a series of large office blocks at its flagship Wembley Park development, aimed at drawing City workers and tech start-ups to the area by delivering a 750,000 sq ft business campus.
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NewsAgent P: the fear card
Friday 9 September, 10am, Team P Zoomie-meet! Barred from the office today! Can you believe it? Threatened with P45s in July, unless we entered GBH Towers four days a week come September.
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OnlineThis week in… 2021
Robert Jenrick was sacked as secretary of state for housing as part of a cabinet reshuffle by then prime minister Boris Johnson.
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ProfessionalSpin class: August
August is the nerviest month. Granted, it’s nice to be lazy and go on holiday, but doing no work for clients, having meetings cancelled and receiving out-of-office replies to emails does not bode well when you’re sending your monthly retainer invoices to them during a downturn.
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ProfessionalArmchair developers
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