All articles by Samuel Horti – Page 17
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Insight
Q&A: Harry Downes on the prospects for build to rent
The private rented sector (PRS) has been tipped to thrive following the EU referendum, as investors look for stable, long-term income amid all the Brexit vote uncertainty.
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Online
Capco's Covent Garden director resigns
Capital Counties’ director of Covent Garden Sarah-Jane Curtis has resigned, less than a month after the firm announced its finance director was leaving to join SEGRO.
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News
Weak pound sees overseas investors pile into UK real estate
Foreign investors have continued their advances into UK commercial real estate, taking advantage of the pound’s weakness to acquire properties across multiple sectors and regions.
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News
Housebuilders look to PRS investors as market cools
Fearing a slowdown in the housing market following the Brexit vote, housebuilders are increasingly looking to strike deals with private rented sector (PRS) investors and developers to help keep developments ticking over.
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News
Q&A: Nigel Hugill on Brexit and progress at Alconbury
Before the EU referendum in June, Urban Civic’s chief executive Nigel Hugill said he was unconcerned at the prospect of a Brexit vote - and that the uncertainty was not affecting his business.
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News
Green light for Alaska’s £33m Bristol housing scheme
Bristol council has approved a £33m residential-led scheme in the city centre.
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Online
Sadiq Khan forced to step in to boost affordable homes at Old Oak
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stepped in to boost the affordable housing levels at Old Oak’s first major development by 7%, his office has revealed.
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Online
CBRE planning veteran Stuart Robinson quits full-time role
CBRE veteran Stuart Robinson, who has led the planning team since 1998, is stepping down from his full-time role.
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Markets
Can build-to-rent thrive in a Brexit-induced slowdown?
The Brexit vote has proved a shock to the property industry. Deals are slowing, commercial property investment is falling, high-end homes are struggling to find buyers and developers – including the large housebuilders – are putting their plans on hold.
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News
Brexit vote threatens clutch of major Scottish office deals
The UK’s vote to leave the EU has jeopardised a number of major office sales in Scotland.
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News
Investors buoyed by quick end to Tory leadership contest
Theresa May’s appointment as prime minister could steer investors who have shied away from the market after the Brexit vote back into commercial property, industry experts have predicted.
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News
90 North heads to Holland to buy brand new office HQ
90 North Real Estate Partners has bought the global headquarters of construction firm Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) in Leiden, the Netherlands, for €70m (£54m).
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News
Virtual Walkthrough snapped up by US tech firm Matterport
London-based proptech company Virtual Walkthrough has been bought by US rival firm Matterport, in a deal hailed as a “coming of age” for the UK proptech market.
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News
May faces stiff task as housebuilders sit back
The extent of the challenge Theresa May faces in tackling the housing crisis has been underlined by news that large housebuilders are stepping back from buying land because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote.
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Online
David Cameron's housing adviser leaves Number 10 in Downing Street 'clear-out'
Richard Blakeway, formerly David Cameron’s housing adviser, has left Downing Street following Theresa May’s appointment as prime minister.
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Online
Argent Related to lead £1bn Tottenham Hale redevelopment
Argent Related will lead a £1bn development of Tottenham Hale in north London that will deliver 800 homes, Haringey council announced today.
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Online
Theresa May to become PM on Wednesday
Theresa May is set to become the next prime minister of the UK on Wednesday, after Andrea Leadsom dramatically dropped out of the two-horse race for 10 Downing Street.
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Online
Two housebuilders back May
Two of Britain’s leading housebuilders have backed Theresa May as the next prime minister, saying her appointment would put an end to a “damaging period of political instability”.
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News
Brexit sees agents put hiring on hold
The sector’s biggest agents have effectively frozen recruitment for transaction roles following a sharp fall in deals in the wake of the Brexit vote.
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News
Will Brexit exacerbate the construction costs crisis?
The falling pound could drive up costs, but in the medium term power may shift from contractors to clients.