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A house divided: How Europe views prospects for real estate investment
Posted on: 11 September 2013
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Ernst & Young’s second annual European real estate assets investment trend indicator is based on a forward looking survey of executives from organizations across Europe who invest capital in real estate assets. Opinions were canvassed in December 2012 by Ernst & Young and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). This report summarises investors’ outlook on transactions and opinions on market attractiveness, together with insight into the drivers of these views and expectations.
The Grimsey Review: An alternative future for the high street
Posted on: 5 September 2013
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The latest in a long line of those reports, the Grimsey Review, claims to offer an alternative future for the high street. Bill Grimsey, former boss of Focus DIY and Wickes and now retail turnaround specialist, believes his review offers recommendations that will see real change on the high street. Grimsey’s recommendations include creating town centre commissions for each town across the country and forcing local councils to draw up 20-year visions, broken down into five-year business plans with annual public meetings to report on progress.
Stressed: A review of London’s private rental sector
Posted on: 15 August 2013
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Described as the first independent review of London’s private rental sector in years, this report shows the sector faces enormous pressures. Rents have risen significantly as demand has grown faster than supply. At the same time complaints about landlords and letting agencies have been on the rise, and nearly half of rented homes fail to meet basic standards of health and safety. The report argues that while we badly need to increase the supply of new homes of all tenures in the capital, we also need to do more to raise the standard of existing homes for rent. Among other recommendations, the report argues that we should strengthen the way the sector is enforced. However, it cautions against imposing new regulations on the sector and new burdens on landlords. These could well have perverse consequences for tenants. Instead it suggests the Government should do more to incentivise landlords to invest in the up-keep of their properties.
qube magazine
Posted on: 15 August 2013
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For over 10 years this magazine has been bringing news and information to facilities, building and property managers and departmental management. To subscribe for free, visit the website and click the subscribe button, and fill in your details to subscribe.
Dilapidations dissected: Hammersmatch v Saint Gobain
Posted on: 9 August 2013
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Davills has published its first Building Consultancy Monitor, which focuses on dilapidations in light of the recent judgement in the Hammersmatch v Saint Gobain case.
Green Lease Toolkit
Posted on: 5 August 2013
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The Better Building Partnership (BBP), a collaboration of seventeen of the leading commercial property owners in the UK, has updated its guidance on the use of green leases for commercial property. This guidance are non-prescriptive, helping owners and occupiers to agree carbon, energy, waste and water reduction strategies which best fit with the circumstances of individual properties. With the help of this Toolkit it is possible for any owner or occupier to positively engage in developing practical ways to effect significant positive change, ultimately accelerating the process of making the UK’s existing commercial properties more sustainable.
London Rental Standard
Posted on: 5 August 2013
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The Mayor’s London Rental Standard is the first ever comprehensive standard for private renting across London. Covering landlords and letting agents, and incorporating all of the main industry schemes, the standard will trigger a massive increase in accreditation and standards in the capital.
Property owners & Business Improvement Districts: Formalising the role of property owners, who are not ratepayers, in Business Improvement District Schemes
Posted on: 24 July 2013
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Currently, property owners can make voluntary contributions towards a ratepayer business improvement district and some do. However, others choose not to make a contribution but still benefit from the success of a business improvement district. Mary Portas, in her independent report into the future of high streets, recommended that the government should legislate to allow landlords to become high street investors by contributing to their business improvement district. The government recognises the views of the business improvement district community and Mary Portas, that property owner business improvement districts could strengthen the part that landlords play in the future of the high street and in promoting growth, and committed to look at formalising the role of owners in response to a Portas Review recommendation. This consultation seeks views on a framework for allowing such schemes. Comments are requested by 17 September 2013.
A wider view: The socio-economic benefits of responsible property investment
Posted on: 23 July 2013
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Hermes Real Estate Management Limited, the real estate investment subsidiary of Hermes Fund Managers Limited, is an industry leader in responsible investing for almost thirty years. In this report, Hermes argues that investing in green and socially sustainable buildings represent a unique opportunity to simultaneously protect and improve returns for investors, meet occupier requirements and contribute to improving society’s wellbeing. The report covers the company’s responsible property investment strategy and programme, encompassing environmental, social and economic risks and opportunities associated with the management of its clients’ property assets. Comments and feedback are welcomed.
Prime Central London: One year on and even higher
Posted on: 23 July 2013
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The second study in a series commissioned by Development Securities PLC, from Fathom Consulting, investigating recent developments in Prime Central London (PCL) residential values. As London’s prime residential property prices rise even further relative to the rest of the UK, this new report concludes that while economic drivers can partially explain this growing premium, a proportion remains difficult to explain – the core characteristics of an asset price ‘bubble’. The first study in the series, published in May 2012, Prime Central London: in a class of its own?, investigated the drivers behind Prime Central London residential values. The aim of the report was to stimulate a debate about the astonishing gains in the prices paid for prime Central London property at a time when the wider UK market remains in the doldrums. How can these gains be justified? What might the future hold for PCL? The study showed that global investors seeking a safe-haven, immune from the threat of the euro demise, had significantly boosted PCL prices.
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