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Hotspots & Slow Burners: On the makings of a successful, sustainable district
Don't overlook established enclaves in search of exciting regeneration opportunities, says Alexander Lewis - these are places where people love to live, which is key to the long term performance of any…
Rules of Construction: Tales from the planning front line
From the recent case in Leicestershire involving a house hidden behind a fake garage door, to the hoo-ha in Kensington over a 'candy-cane' paint job, Clive Moys talks us through some memorable recent breaches…
The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years
The global population is rising by 45 million each year. Edinburgh Napier University's Sean Smith examines what needs to happen for housing construction to keep pace with escalating demand...
Guilt Tax: Will it jive?
A rejig of Council Tax price bands could have worked - but probably not now, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Outside the Envelope: April’s new inheritance regime for non-dom owners of UK residential property
Change is afoot for non-dom owners of UK property... From April, inheritance tax will be due on all residential properties in the UK, regardless of whether it's owned through an offshore entity...
French private banks are shying away from some HNW international buyers
French banks have changed mortgage rules for certain nationalities, says Enness International's Enzo Marchetti as he reports from Monaco on the property finance landscape.
Forward Thinking: Exploring a novel way of funding an ultra high value home
Sara Maccallum and Andrew Wilmot-Smith explain why the forward funding structure - long familiar to commercial developers - could be worth consideration in a difficult prime resi market...
Millennials’ home ownership hopes dashed by a broken housing market
The latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies provides clear evidence that getting on the housing ladder has become a distant dream for many;
The bottom of the prime resi market in London may have passed six months ago
'They don’t ring a bell when sentiments change from a Bear to Bull market, but if they did, the sound would be deafening!'
The problem with using £psf to analyse development opportunities
Developers need to understand that we are in a very different market now, says Alexander Lewis...
Defining the key value drivers in property; why you shouldn’t mistake a good spec for a good scheme
The most valuable scheme to have ever sold in London had no services and a basic but elegant specification - but it offered space and scenery par excellence, says Alexander Lewis...
How contractors should respond to the Carillion collapse
With 30,000 businesses affected and a collective £1bn owed, the scale of this insolvency is extraordinary - but the same common sense responses still apply, says Michael Gallucci