Residential – Page 11
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Markets
Will residential agents correctly predict capital growth figures in 2015?
Cushman Wakefield’s Residential Aggregator shows that at the beginning of the year, top market commentators predicted capital growth across London of between 7-12% in 2014.
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Tap into what tech junkies want to unleash the potential of PRS
The property sector lacks innovation and entrepreneurialism - for instance, I still get asked what my fax number is.
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MarketsIcknield Port Loop provides significant mixed-use opportunity
One lucky bidder will land a significant project in central Birmingham.
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MarketsZoopla and Rightmove get new competition in web battle
After years of online house searches being dominated by property portals Zoopla and Rightmove, new arrival OnTheMarket.com launched in a bid to steal the crown.
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MarketsHow Campbell Property arrived by accident
Victoria Campbell reveals how helping her sister find digs kick-started a £200m student accommodation empire
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MarketsQ&A: Wandsworth leader on ambitious housing plan
The London borough on why it hopes to build 18,000 homes over the next decade, up 60% on its original target,
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MarketsHousing flashpoints for election
With housing shaping up to be a major election issue, we examine the key battlegrounds likely to dominate the debate.
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MarketsWarren Buffett sets sights on UK residential market
When one of the wealthiest men in the world wants to launch a chain of residential estate agents in the UK, the rest of the market had better sit up and take note.
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MarketsLondon’s top planning battles
With debate raging over house prices and high-rise buildings, London is set to stage some of the UK’s fiercest planning battles.
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MarketsLondonewcastle goes for gold in east London
There are not many property developers with an early 1978 Damian Hirst print on nuclear warfare in their office entrance hall.
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MarketsTottenham Hale housing plan could be roadmap for easing shortage
Tottenham Hale is on the cusp of change. If successful, Haringey Council’s bid for housing zone status for the area could inject funds that would unlock new areas for development.
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MarketsDevelopers face fierce battle over Bishopsgate towers
Boris Johnson ‘strongly supports’ £800m high-rise Goodsyard scheme, but campaigners promise long fight.
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MarketsLenders need to develop a new model to help PRS sector flourish
The private rented sector (PRS) market is growing rapidly and lenders (which are no longer limited to banks) are identifying it as a growth opportunity.
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MarketsNew Year boon for Helical Bar as £300m Barts Square starts
On 5 January 2015 at 8am, the first spade will hit the ground at Helical Bar’s Barts Square scheme in the City of London.
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MarketsWill Cargiant kick QPR’s Old Oak Common plan out of play?
Queens Park Rangers’ stadium-led regeneration plan has come under renewed threat from used-car dealership.
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MarketsA good PRS will come to those who wait
Things are already looking good for the institutional private rented sector (PRS) in 2015.
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MarketsQ&A: Galliard Developments
Galliard Homes’ chief executive discusses the firm’s £225m London housing joint venture with Cain Hoy.
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MarketsStudent housing sector remains in a class of its own
How should we view investment in student housing?
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MarketsBullish new partnership aims to take lead in regional PRS
A £1bn private rented sector partnership has been created to target the UK regions — with four sites already in the pipeline for bespoke build-to-rent schemes.
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MarketsInstitutional funds move into the direct-let student market
The likes of CBRE Global Investors and LaSalle have recently begun investing in the sector.
