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Global perspectives: 2012 REIT report
Posted on: 12 February 2013
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This is the fifth edition of Ernst & Young’s Global perspectives REIT report, which is intended to help real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other property investors to make more informed investment decisions with regard to the global REIT market. This year’s report includes: comparisons of six major global REIT markets by size, volume, returns, balance sheet and income measures; and an in-depth discussion of these six REIT markets: Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Evaluation of investment in solar energy
Posted on: 12 February 2013
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This research presents a novel model for the valuation of investments in PV systems for buildings.
Broken ladder: The locked out generation
Posted on: 11 February 2013
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A paper from the Home Builders Federation reveals how difficult it is for young people to get access to home ownership in England and offer a comparison over the last decade.
Focus on: London hotel developments 2013
Posted on: 8 February 2013
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This report from Jones Lang Lasalle provides a comprehensive analysis of hotel development activity in London and its impact on hotel trading performance.
Heritage works: The use of historic buildings in regeneration
Posted on: 7 February 2013
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This is an updated publication from the 2006 first edition that takes into account new national planning policy guidance and provides new case study evidence to show how heritage-based regeneration can work in practice. It is collectively written by the British Property Federation, English Heritage, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Deloitte Real Estate, combining their expertise and in-depth knowledge of heritage properties and the market. The practical step-by-step guide for developers, owners, local authorities and advisers provides invaluable advice and warns of common pitfalls and points to ways of overcoming them. It signposts more than 30 information sources and is intended as the ‘first-stop’ reference document or ‘toolkit’ for the regeneration of the historic environment and heritage buildings.
It’s alive! Can you imagine the urban building of the future?
Posted on: 6 February 2013
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The study, undertaken by Arup’s Foresight + Innovation team, describes how buildings in our cities could look and function in 2050. It foresees that structures will be fully integrated into the fabric of the city, responsive to changes in the external environment, and designed for continuous adaptability, according to real-time needs and demands of its users. This is illustrated with a series of artist’s impressions, to demonstrate how the futuristic components, such as photovoltaic surfaces and algae producing bio-fuel pods – can theoretically enable buildings to produce food, energy and resources.
Better regulation of sales and letting agents: An impact assessment of costs and benefits
Posted on: 5 February 2013
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This research seeks to understand the potential impacts of amending existing legislation to simplify and rationalise the current regulatory process by bringing letting agents under the same statute as estate agents under the Estate Agents Act 1979 (EAA79) and of enacting Section 22 of EAA79 to set minimum professional standards for all sales and lettings agents. The research seeks to establish the nature and extent of the costs and benefits associated with this proposed rationalisation of regulation of sales and lettings agents. This assessment is intended to test the business case before using it to influence and persuade key industry partners, consumers and government of the need for change in the regulatory structures in the UK residential property market. Register on the RICS website to view the document.
Taiwan Market Outlook: Hotel market poised for growth
Posted on: 5 February 2013
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According to this research, limited high-end hotel supply in Taiwan, coupled with a positive tourist arrivals outlook, provide opportunities for Taiwan’s hotel market to bloom.
Energy efficiency and the private rented sector
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This guide from the British Property Federation seeks to provide a starting point for landlords when developing energy efficiency improvement plans for their properties. It does this by explaining the direction of policy on energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector, how energy efficiency is calculated through the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) methodology, and how landlords can plan and fund improvements that increase EPC ratings.
Housing guarantee scheme rules: private rented sector
Posted on: 4 February 2013
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This document outlines the scheme rules for the private rented sector debt guarantee. The housing guarantees will support the building of new homes for the private rented sector. They will enable housing providers to raise debt with a government guarantee, where they commit to purchasing additional new homes for private rent. This will help to reduce their borrowing costs, increasing the number of new homes they can afford to provide.
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