Interview: Robert Ellice of easyProperty.com
Robert Ellice is convinced easyProperty has the business model and tech nous to become the UK’s number-one online estate agency.
View ArticleWill online kill off high-street estate agents?
Property Week investigates whether the new wave of online estate agents spells the end for traditional operators
View ArticleWhat a rollercoaster week it’s been for retail
The past week has been terrible for high-street retailers, yet the best ever for online retailers.
View ArticleA better-quality rental offer is vital for London
Every six days another floor is built on the tallest tower so far consented in the Elephant & Castle regeneration zone.
View ArticleRecent burst of euphoria from housebuilders doesn’t last long as shares tumble
Fickle things, shares. Just when the housebuilders were suggesting, in the words of two past prime ministers, that they had never had it so good and things could only get better, their shares took a...
View ArticleLet’s focus on achieving real and lasting change
This year roughly 83,000 of our young people will experience homelessness. Nearly 4,000 of them will sleep rough for at least one night. And this is in the fifth-wealthiest country in the world.
View ArticleLandmark for LandAid at Ambassador Awards
LandAid has vowed to focus on one goal: eliminating youth homelessness.
View ArticleInterview: Rishi Passi of Oblix Capital
At 35, Rishi Passi has already bought, sold and developed residential property on three continents. Now his UK alternative development finance firm Oblix Capital has growth ambitions of a different...
View ArticleAfter the Paris attacks: how is the property industry responding?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the French capital, security is being stepped up at potential targets in the UK.
View ArticleBlack Friday and definitely not a blue Monday
How quick everyone was this time last week to proclaim Black Friday a black day for retail, either because the anticipated throngs of people failed to materialise early doors, or because they thought...
View ArticleWe need a housebuilding revolution that benefits all
Spending review is always an interesting time, especially for a housing association that undertakes market sale, has an investor-backed build-to-rent subsidiary, a big shared-ownership programme and...
View ArticleRetail asset management: how to remain successful in a competitive environment
London’s retail scene is arguably the best in the world, with billions of pounds spent annually in the capital’s designer stores, boutiques and big-brand outlets.
View ArticleNew York’s super-luxury condo phenomenon is running out of gas
A friend is selling her apartment on East 58th Street because she fears losing her views to a skyscraper condo tower across the street.
View ArticleFor profit and social impact can go hand in hand
As investors in social-infrastructure-related property, we spend a lot of time dealing with D1 use classes - education, healthcare and the like - and the conversion of religious and community-led...
View ArticleOffices should have no reservations about new model
The hospitality sector is going from strength to strength. Marriott’s recently announced record occupancy rates and its merger with Starwood Hotels & Resorts show how customer experience and...
View ArticleInterview: Robert Ware of Conygar Investment Company
Robert Ware was involved in one of the biggest-ever deals with the buyout of MEPC. Now, he’s at the helm of a very different-sized operation in Conygar.
View ArticleTrading places: Ellandi staff on the shop floor
Earlier this month, Ellandi staff took to the floors of stores in the company’s assets across the UK.
View ArticleThe unfair business of business rates
As the floods caused by Storm Desmond receded this week, there was some welcome news for those in Cumbria and Lancashire whose livelihoods have been so badly affected.
View ArticleThe Cinderella sector is finally invited to the ball
This was the year when Cinderella truly went to the ball, when investors woke up to the rapidly increasing crossover between logistics and retail, when speculative development activity stirred, and...
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