EG brings you a few highlights from yesterday’s news, in case you missed the daily round-up
PLANNING: Prime minister announces NPPF changes
The largest overhaul of the National Planning Policy Framework since its launch six years ago will focus on new housing need tests, clearer requirements for developers, and new tenures.
Find out more about the changes
SEE ALSO: What the NPPF means
DIVERSITY: Celebrating women in real estate
International Women’s Day is celebrated on Thursday 8 March, but EG and REWIRE, our initiative to help encourage and elevate women in real estate, will be celebrating some its own brilliant women from across the built environment all week.
Read the interviews surrounding women in property
UK CITIES INVESTMENT OVERVIEW: The South and Wales
A look at the projected growth of the regions with links to key investment opportunities and data for the main cities.
Explore the projected growth of the areas and investment opportunities
OFFICES: Conversion boom boosts London housing delivery
Looking solely at central office markets, which are heavily covered by permitted development rights exemptions, almost 1,200 homes were completed through conversion projects last year – representing an annual increase of 10%.
Explore the data to find out more about the 10-year high
DATA: European property headed towards major correction
Opportunities to find value in prime European property have fallen to levels similar to 2006, when the overheating market headed toward a major correction, according to figures in Cushman & Wakefield’s latest European Fair Value Index.
