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The Spring Statement 2018: Plans for property
Perhaps predictably, the housing crisis was, amongst other things, top of the agenda for this year’s Spring Statement in March. With the Autumn Budget’s targets holding firm so far, here’s what’s in store for housing in the coming years according to the Statement.
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Posted: 12th Apr 2018
Property development: the types of site taking centre stage
With Site Finding and Development 2018 coming up this May, we take a look at some of the sites catching the eyes of developers and investors in a bid to meet housebuilding targets.
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Posted: 20th Mar 2018
A new approach? The changing world of student housing
Looking at the numbers, it’s no surprise to hear that the student living market has been enjoying a high in the last few years and with 1.04m students now undertaking higher education away from home, the demand for purpose-built accommodation is growing. Ahead of Student Housing 2018 we take a look at the ways in which the world of student accommodation is changing the property market both at home and abroad.
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2018
The future of the London resi market – is the way we are living changing?
It’s safe to say that London’s residential property market has been the subject of much pessimism in the last few months but, it seems that we've regrettably forgotten alternative models of housing that solve the problem at hand. There is now calls for a paradigm shift in the London residential market and, ahead of our London Resi event, in March, we explore some of the alternatives that are changing the way UK residents are living.
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Posted: 1st Feb 2018
Funding affordable housing: the role of the private sector
As we’ve discussed before, the definition of “affordable” in today’s property market is unforgivingly fluid. Currently, the term "affordable housing" is used to label a range of models, and this broad spectrum has begun to cause confusion. As the market shifts, private investors are beginning to see great opportunity within this broad sector.
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Posted: 1st Feb 2018
We Meet…Andrea Carpenter, Co-Director, Women Talk Real Estate
This October, we were delighted to speak with Andrea Carpenter, co-director of Women Talk Real Estate. As a proud sponsor of this practical non-profit initiative to improve gender diversity, we were keen to discuss what sparked the idea of Women Talk Real Estate, and what more can be done to enact change.
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Posted: 17th Nov 2017
5 retirement living market gaps to fix in 2018
Why isn't the Retirement Living sector maturing at the same pace as, say, student housing? These five sizeable gaps in the market have their parts to play.
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Posted: 24th Oct 2017
How build-to-rent is changing the London property narrative
The burgeoning build-to-rent sector cannot be accused of simply fiddling around the edges a housing crisis; purpose-built rental homes look like they’re here to stay.
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Posted: 20th Oct 2017
Emerging Alternative Asset Trends for 2018
Alternative property investments accounted for a third of the UK market during the first half of 2017. We ask: what are the emerging trends that will continue to dominate in 2018?
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Posted: 10th Oct 2017
UK risks losing a generation of property SMEs
New homes built by SME firms fell below a quarter of market output for the first time ever in 2016. What has gone wrong?
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Posted: 5th Oct 2017
