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Making the grade: The impact of office development on employment and city economies
Posted on: 25 May 2012
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A new report by Centre for Cities and supported by the British Council for Offices, shows that there is a striking mismatch between where offices are needed in the UK and where they are being built. This paper explores patterns of office development by looking at case studies of two large cities ( Bristol and Manchester) and two small cities (Cambridge and York) to gain a better understanding of how the office development market differs in these places. It finds that there is a bias toward larger cities in the office development industry. Despite their economic potential, generally the industry views smaller cities as too risky to invest in. This could limit their growth in the future and in response these smaller cities need to promote themselves as investment prospects to developers.
RICS Residential Lettings Survey GB
Posted on: 25 May 2012
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According to the latest RICS Residential Lettings Survey, rents rose further in the three months to April 2012 as fresh tenant demand continued to exceed new instructions.
Cultural placemaking in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Posted on: 23 May 2012
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This document explores the relationship between local ambitions for arts, culture and creativity and economic development through planning in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The council aims to be the first UK local authority to integrate culture into its economic development through planning. Kensington and Chelsea has called on developers to embed culture and the creative industries into their thinking from the start of the development process and to be ‘more imaginative and bold’ in their proposals. The council has also launched a ‘creative district profiler’ which developers can use to identify the potential of a proposed site to become a creative district.
Prague Hotel Market Snapshot
Posted on: 22 May 2012
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This market snapshot is part of a series of articles that HVS produces on key hotel sectors across Europe.
The changing effects on domestic energy expenditure from housing characteristics and the recent rapid energy price movements
Posted on: 21 May 2012
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The RICS has published a report which examines how dwelling types and lifestyles can affect energy expenditure. It reveals that those renting in the private sector pay on average £31 more every year than homeowners and £90 more than tenants living in social housing. Those who own their own property are more likely to effectively insulate and modernise heating facilities than private landlords, and consequentially see a direct impact on their energy use and spend. However, a lack of incentives for private landlords to insulate their rental properties and update heating equipment is thought to result in higher bills for their tenants.
Building communities: transforming neighbourhoods into community spaces. Brighton, 11-13 April 2012
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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The 2012 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference addressed British, Irish, European and international approaches on the following: Neighbourhood and community planning; Planning for climate change adaptation; Mobility and infrastructure; Planning capacity, education and skills; Urban and rural regeneration; Green and blue space provision; Local enterprise partnerships and affluence; Urban design and real estate development; Planning for social difference; Urban and rural development and environmental impacts; Coastal and marine planning. Abstracts are available in the conference handbook.
Residential property focus
Posted on: 14 May 2012
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Reviews developments in the UK residential property market for the second quarter of 2012.
National Housing Federation Finance Policy Quarterly Update
Posted on: 10 May 2012
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This quarterly update provides a snapshot of a range of finance policy issues being worked on at the National Housing Federation. The Spring 2012 edition n this edition we provide an update on: alternative sources of finance including REITs and M and G’s private placement offer; the new Financial Reporting Standard (FRS); the new consultation on draft guidance to the VAT Cost Sharing Exemption; the Federation’s views of the current Investment Programme and new Right to Buy discounts; and auto-enrolment, tenant cash back scheme.
Alike in dignity? Housing in Bradford
Posted on: 9 May 2012
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Bradford’s housing landscape is a legacy of its industrial past. This report from the Institute for Public Policy Research focuses on the effects of changes in tenure patterns, especially the trend towards housing benefit tenants residing in the private rental sector, and highlights the significance of non-decent and empty homes in shaping the local housing market. The recommendations of this case study report fall into four categories: localising housing benefit; establishing a new ‘something-for-something’ deal with private-sector landlords;secure residential development; and guide development with solid local plans.
Affordable capital? Housing in London
Posted on: 8 May 2012
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This report forms part of a major Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) research series exploring the key challenges and opportunities for housing in England over the coming decade. The present report focuses on housing in London and specifically explores how we might address the imbalances which exist in both the purchase and rental housing markets in the capital in the immediate future as well as the longer term. The study also explores why, when it comes to housing, London is unique, and seeks to identify and address key issues of affordability of housing in the wake of the London mayoral election 2012.
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