Are we heading for another spec sheds bubble?
Are we heading for an oversupply of speculative logistics again?
View ArticleIs the UK commercial lending market overheating?
Much of the commentary concerning the latest release of Savills’ Financing Property presentation has centred on increasing competition in the UK lending market.
View ArticleHow to navigate the grey areas in real estate
I had breakfast last week with a well-known real estate industry leader who I met in the middle of the crisis, but have not seen for more than five years.
View ArticleOuter London boroughs are capital’s real success story
Did you know there are no Starbucks or Costa Coffees in Barking & Dagenham? That Barnet has 122 primary schools, and that the average house price in Brent at the northern reaches of London is...
View ArticleHas the garden city concept gone to seed?
The Lib Dems loved the garden city. The Tories not so much. What now for the concept once hailed as the future?
View ArticleDTZ grins... and C&W bears it
If anyone was in any doubt who has the upper hand in the whole DTZ-Cushman & Wakefield deal, they are not any longer - at least not as far as the UK is concerned.
View ArticleInterview: Grosvenor's Britain & Ireland chief executive Peter Vernon
Grosvenor has taken full advantage of the recovery with its imaginative approach to placemaking.
View ArticleThe property industry catching up with the 21st century
Not too long ago, the property industry was taking its first few steps onto the internet in the shape of property portals.
View ArticleCreating places the American way
Placemaking is the thing that every developer and landowner is talking about, but do most of us in the UK really understand what it means?
View ArticleFacilities management needs a voice in the boardroom
With businesses starting to grow again, many companies in the coming months will need to relocate or reconfigure to accommodate larger teams, but they’ll also need to minimise costs against a backdrop...
View ArticleLeisure’s revival gives us new ideas to play with
Leisure is in the property spotlight and, having spent most of my career specialising in it, it is great to see both the strength in the operating market and the institutional demand for this once...
View ArticleNever mind the metaphors – PRS is arriving in force
I fear I’ve probably done to death the London buses analogy when discussing the private rented sector (PRS) in past columns.
View ArticleTop European property services firms ranked by global turnover
CBRE remained top of the table of agents ranked by global turnover, posting £5.66bn of revenues, with JLL again taking second spot with £3.31bn. Cushman & Wakefield remained in third spot, posting...
View ArticleTop European property services firms ranked by European turnover
CBRE remained top of the table of agents ranked by European turnover, posting £1.47bn of revenues in EMEA, with JLL again taking second spot with £1.06bn. Savills moved into third from fourth spot last...
View ArticleTop European property services ranked by UK turnover per fee earner
Beauchamp Estates once again claimed top spot in the turnover per fee earner table, with its seven fee-earners bringing in an average of £677,000 each during the past year.
View ArticleTop European property services firms ranked by UK turnover
CBRE rose from third spot last year to top the table of this year’s top 40 agents, ranked by UK turnover, with revenues of £891m. Savills fell from first spot last year to second, with revenues of...
View ArticleProperty Week Diversity Charter: The early adopters
In recent weeks, big-hitting firms from across the industry and beyond have signed up to the PW Diversity Charter.
View ArticleAgency Survey 2015: CBRE rises to top of an agency sector in rude health
Global property advisers CBRE have achieved a triple crown in the Property Week Agency 2015 Survey achieving top rankings in the UK, Europe and globally.
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