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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
New affordable housing rules ‘will sound the death knell for many SME developers’
A change to the rules on affordable housing for smaller sites would have a devastating effect on the very business the Government is trying to support, warns Adam Hesse, Director at Aston Mead Land &…
New housing can be affordable and homely if builders learn lessons from the car industry – and IKEA
If there was ever a time to introduce mass-produced affordable housing, surely that time is now...
‘A corner has been turned’: Why I think the London market is set for a successful year
Significant deals are being agreed as realism about the present combines with optimism about the future, writes James Bailey
The House Whisperer: How many agents really know how to get a deal across the line?
Trevor Abrahmsohn lifts the lid on the high-octane business of top-end dealmaking, explaining how he uses a potent mixture of psychotherapy, extreme cajoling and applied salesmanship to unpick even the…
Three things that will shape the economy in 2018
A timely macro primer from Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford
Why property market gridlock could jam up the whole economy
Higher SDLT charges have resulted in vendors now outnumbering buyers by 10-1 in some parts, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, and the wider effects on the UK economy are becoming evident...
Commissioning Bespoke: What can possibly go wrong?
The practicalities to consider when sourcing artisan craft and truly bespoke fittings and finishes...
How do you value a property that doesn’t exist?
Savills' Claire Reynolds answers the call to put a price on a lavish apartment on Oxford Street. The catch? It's on the shop-floor of the flagship John Lewis department store.
Abrahmsohn on 2018: Property, politics & more
Trevor Abrahmsohn has some early predictions on what next year might hold for the property market and life in general...