Residential – Page 16
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MarketsBland development risks killing London’s ‘golden goose’
Consensus is a rare thing in politics. But some facts are too irrefutable for debate.
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MarketsTarting about affordable quotas in Soho
Hannah Brenton reports on a new approach to affordable housing in central London
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MarketsCanada Water to hit new heights
Private-rented sector developments are heading for Canada Water. Hannah Brenton reports
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MarketsNeed to know: The demise of the OFT
It was not an April Fool, although to many it sounded like one, Mira Bar-Hillel reports.
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MarketsEasy does it for new agency portal
EasyProperty.com aims to simplify transactions and slash agency fees. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
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MarketsQ+A: the Urban Land Institute’s new guide to the private-rented sector
On Wednesday, the Urban Land Institute launched its design “bible” for the private-rented sector (PRS). Backed by the government, it is intended as a best-practice guide with some specific advice for would-be build-to-rent developers, including how to make best use of space inside and outside a building for different groups ...
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MarketsQ+A: Fizzy’s spending spree
Private-rented developer and operator Fizzy Living announced earlier this month it had obtained £200m of capital funding from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, through investment subsidiary Silver Arrow.
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MarketsParty battle lines drawn over housing and planning
The political prominence given to planning and housing was signalled well before chancellor George Osborne rose to the despatch box last Wednesday afternoon.
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MarketsQ+A: Pocket man flush with London mayor’s cash
Pocket Living is scaling up. The developer of pint-sized flats aimed at 25-to-40-year-olds who are struggling to get on the housing ladder won the backing of the London mayor in September with a £21.7m loan for 10 years.
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MarketsShop tactics and history are key to creating communities
Nobody was happier than I was to learn recently that Battersea Power Station’s Malaysian developers had pledged to offer their new flats to British buyers first, before selling them abroad.
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MarketsDevelopers and investors seek new town solution to housing crisis
New towns went out of vogue in 1970s, but could now be revisited. Rhiannon Bury and Hannah Brenton report
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MarketsScandi crush saga
They escaped the recent global downturn relatively unscathed, but now there are fears that Norway and Sweden’s housing markets could be on the cusp of a bubble. Hannah Brenton reports
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MarketsCandy & Candy goes global
Nick Candy talks to Hannah Brenton about the developer’s international expansion plans
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MarketsPrices soar in global cities
Prices have been driven higher and higher in key global cities, as developers provide higher-quality design and service-driven residences.
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MarketsProvider profile: L&Q goes to market
Registered providers are playing a greater role in the private-rent and for-sale markets to bring in more income, after their funding was cut back by the coalition government.
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MarketsCautious, constrained construction sector is crippling housebuilding
Be it mayor of London Boris Johnson’s call to double the current rate of housebuilding in London, the re-emergence of the debates on garden cities and new towns, or Labour’s political sabre rattling around potential “use it or lose it” policies, one thing is clear: the issue of housing supply ...
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MarketsTake four … West Ham fans’ views on stadium-to-resi revamp
West Ham United’s Boleyn Ground stadium — better known as Upton Park — will be converted into residential homes by Galliard Group, after the Premier League football team moves to the Olympic Stadium in 2016.
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MarketsBPF goes through the London keyhole
Industry body commissions report into make-up of capital’s home ownership. Felicity Francis reports
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MarketsSmall tweaks could open door to big investors in Scotland
Growing demand for new homes has opened a window of opportunity in Scotland’s residential property investment sector.
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MarketsPost waste
After row about sale price of Royal Mail’s central London Mount Pleasant site, there is now controversy about level of affordable housing. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
