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Evaluation of real estate property and market risk for real estate backed financial products
Posted on: 24 January 2013
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This document provides a framework for discussing the evaluation of real estate property and market risk for real estate backed financial products. It was prepared by the Real Estate Market Advisory Group at the request of the Working Party on Land Administration and the Committee of Housing and Land Management of the Economic Commission for Europe. This draft will be revised based on comments by the Committee and other stakeholders.
The financial sector and sustainable development: Logics, principles and actors
Posted on: 23 January 2013
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The latest issue of the quarterly report from the European Sustainable Development Network offers insight into the relationships, linkages, and differences between the financial sector and sustainable development.
National Infrastructure Plan: update 2012
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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The National Infrastructure Plan 2011 set out a new approach to meeting the infrastructure needs of the UK economy. The National Infrastructure Plan has three elements: effective planning for the medium term across all sectors; mobilising financing and funding for infrastructure investment; and the Government taking an active role in ensuring the infrastructure in the plan is delivered. This update sets out the progress that has been made in delivering on this strategy.
A new approach to public private partnerships
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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In 2011, the Government initiated a fundamental reassessment of the Public Finance Initiative (PFI). Concluding that the review presented a compelling case for reform, the government has published a document which presents the conclusions of the review of PFI and sets out the Government’s new approach, PF2, for involving private finance in the delivery of public infrastructure and services. The government has also published guidance, Standardisation of PF2 contracts, setting out the approach to be taken to structuring PF2 contracts.
Building new homes for rent: Creating a tipping point
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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A new approach to increasing the supply of privately rented housing through institutional investment is proposed in this report, published by the Building and Social Housing Foundation. Drawing on experts from a range of sectors, the report discusses the current barriers to the build-to-let market in the UK and presents a model that can address these by bringing together housing associations and institutional investors to develop and manage market rented homes. This report contains a large number of useful references.
Enhancing the efficiency of the infant mortgage finance sector in post-revolution Egypt
Posted on: 14 November 2012
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The report looks at how to enhance the effectiveness of the existing infant mortgage finance sector and to expand the national mortgage loan base as a means of bridging the 3 million unit housing gap in Egypt. It is hoped that the policy recommendations provided in the report will prove useful to policy makers in Egypt and other developing and emerging economies that encounter similar socio-economic conditions and housing shortages.
Unlocking growth through partnership
Posted on: 8 November 2012
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This report, produced jointly by the Local Government Association and British Property Federation, recommends ten ways councils, developers and partnerships can boost economic growth.
Fiscal arrangements and planning decisions in Italy, the UK and the Netherlands
Posted on: 7 November 2012
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The report looks at the three different local fiscal arrangements with regard to the raising of revenues through urban development in European countries (the UK, the Netherlands and Italy. Topics covered include: Fiscal tools which aim to increase local revenues; Fiscal tools which aim to increase housing production; Fiscal/planning tools which aim to limit consumption of greenfield land/promote regeneration. Registration required to download the document.
The role of international transfers in public in public investment in CESEE: The European Commission’s experience with structural funds
Posted on: 2 October 2012
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This paper intends to feed this debate by focusing on cohesion policy interventions in the Central, Eastern and Southern European Economies (CESEE). It first highlights how difficult it is to measure the impact of a policy such as cohesion policy by reviewing the most important results on the macroeconomic impact of the policy. The paper then presents some of the main elements included in the proposals for reforming cohesion policy.
The real estate green agenda: what banks should know
Posted on: 1 October 2012
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This article, written by members of the international law firm K&L Gates, highlights why it is important for lenders to be aware of the ongoing initiatives driving the sustainability and green agenda.
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