When residential meets industrial
At eight hours and 41 minutes a day, more time is spent by the average Briton using digital devices than sleeping, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom.
View ArticleHoming in on the green belt
The green belt has been fiercely protected for 60 years. But now calls are mounting for land to be released to tackle the housing crisis.
View ArticleWanna know if the TMT crowd loves you? Count the beards
It seems we have a new gauge for how well a submarket is performing.
View ArticleSatirical swing at Corbyn lands Marshall in the bunker
As political gags go, a picture of would-be Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s head on a set of golf balls is one of the oddest.
View ArticleThe key ingredients for occupier success
Expanding a commercial property portfolio means managing a complex mix of ingredients: sites, costs, suppliers, legislators and stakeholders of all sorts.
View ArticleThe rise of logistics clusters
The logistics real estate market is increasingly a global business, following the footprint of its major customers.
View ArticleWill Elmo and Spider-Man chase great corporations out of Times Square?
It might sound ridiculous. What is currently one of Manhattan’s strongest office subdistricts (34m sq ft) enjoys more than 90% occupancy by marquee tenants.
View ArticleInterview: CBRE head of residential Lisa Hollands
Lisa Hollands explains why talk about a prime London bubble doesn’t worry her - and how residential agents can profit from taking a lead on design.
View ArticleDon’t make China more of a crisis than it is
Good news, people. The end of the world as we know it was announced on Monday… and while we may not feel fine, we are still here.
View ArticleRESI Insights: There are not enough skilled people in the capital to build...
Planning reforms announced in the summer budget were a firm signal that ministers want to encourage, rather than stifle, development.
View ArticleRESI Insights: All angles considered to boost supply
If there has been a positive outcome of the credit crunch it is a change in our attitude to housing.
View ArticleRESI Insights: Bill Hughes interview
Bill Hughes has been increasingly vocal on the need for greater institutional investment into housing. He believes there is huge scope for a more progressive approach to planning, construction and...
View ArticleRESI Insights: Strengthen planning
We need more housing of all types including for sale, for market rent and affordable. This must be the government’s overruling priority.
View ArticleRESI Insights: Let us build on progress already made
Housing proved to be a major issue in this year’s general election in a way we haven’t seen for decades.
View ArticleLong-term planning is essential for housing growth
So there is no long-term strategic plan to solve the housing crisis, nor will there be one, according to Brandon Lewis MP, minister for housing and planning, in his recent interview for The Sunday Times.
View ArticleCreativity and the housing crisis
The housing crisis, like the NHS crisis, has demographic roots: a growing and ageing population, fewer people living in each household and more people chasing jobs and lifestyles in hot spots.
View ArticleHousing development doesn’t create places – people and activity do
A first-time buyer today requires 10 times the deposit they did in the 1980s, according to the National Housing Federation.
View ArticleRESI Insights: Fix housing by looking to best practice
While the newspapers overflow with stories about ‘Britain’s housing crisis’, Argent’s Robert Evans says politicians lack appetite to tackle the problem and public and private sectors must work more...
View ArticleRESI Insights: Transparency is key to successful Build to Rent
Britain’s housing market is on the cusp of a rental revolution, but as a sector we need to make the benefits clearer.
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