Lifestyle
Nobu signs-up second UAE branded residence project
Robert De Niro-backed luxury brand announces another residential property project.
The rise of corporate landlords: How they are swallowing city centres like Manchester one block of flats at a time
The housing prospects for young people in the UK were completely changed by the global financial crisis of 2007-09, write Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver, and Richard Goulding of the University of Sheffield.
‘A seismic evolution’: Second Generation build-to-rent developments ‘feel more like lifestyle hotels’
Knight Frank's Oliver Heywood highlights the latest trends shaping Britain's burgeoning BtR sector - following a 'seismic evolution' in recent years.
Net Zero Review proposes three steps to deliver ‘cleaner, cheaper, greener homes’
Chris Skidmore's Net Zero Review zeroes-in on the need to ramp up energy efficiency across Britain's housing stock - but falls short of providing practical help for property owners.
Philip Harvey: It is time for a grown-up conversation about decarbonising the UK’s housing stock
The British public is 'simply not engaged' with the necessity of cutting domestic carbon emissions, says top buying agent Philip Harvey - but there are opportunities for businesses and home-owners who…
Ranked: London’s top boroughs for housing, sustainability & quality of life
CBRE's latest 'Hot 100' report compares and rates London boroughs according to ten different lifestyle, sustainability and property market metrics...
Six key trends for prime property markets in 2023
'The legacy of the pandemic – where buyers were driven by lifestyle choices and the birth of the ‘race for space’ phenomenon – is now permanently ingrained in the UK buyer's psyche,' says Savills,…
Billionaire Ambitions 2022: Six trends for the world’s wealthiest people
The world's billionaire population fell by 3% last year, according to UBS, while the UK saw a 12.5% decline.
New metric aims to put a number on tenants’ wellbeing
LifeProven's 'Real Estate Wellbeing Metric' promises to allow property developers and build-to-rent operators to 'better understand the correlation between design and wellbeing, and, in turn, maximise…
RICS updates flooding guidance for home-owners in the face of rising extreme weather risks
'This timely guide will help homeowners prepare as best they can for extreme weather events, which unfortunately are becoming more common and severe due to climate change,' says surveyor Philip Wilbourn.
Buyers ‘will pay up to 20% premium for low carbon homes’
'With trends now showing that green residential buildings could generate higher purchase and rental premiums, this could represent a major turning point in the way residential housing may be valued in…
Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live in 2022
St Ives in Cornwall, Galashiels in Scotland and Woodbridge in Suffolk are the happiest places to live right now, according to Rightmove's annual survey.