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by Nick Ryan. A certain pleasing symmetry occurred between the hurricane of October 16 1987 and Black Monday on the 19th, as if the gods were reminding us of our…

How do housing associations meet their capital costs and still have sufficient money to invest in new projects, bearing in mind the low rents which they charge?.

by Julie Martin. At the end of January, the Department of the Environment finally published its draft proposals for implementation of the European Community Directive on Environmental Assessment(1).

by Tony Clegg. In this year’s special lecture, sponsored jointly by the Continuing Professional Development Foundation and Estates Gazette, Tony Clegg examined the threats to the surveying profession and the…

by Delyth Williams. In the concluding half of this article Delyth Williams discusses the problems of, among other things, statutory succession and security of tenure, concluding with those cases concerned…

by David J Lewis. The fifth and final article in this series explores the tricky area of negotiating leases and how to avoid the more common traps.

Could you please explain how tax affects an investor’s choice of investment?. There are many factors for an individual to take into account when assessing the acceptability of an investment.

by Delyth W Williams. It is frequently the case that while the attention of practitioners is drawn to the very recent and latest developments in, say, rent review or business…

by Alan G Child. The growth of the “Do It Yourself” industry over the last decade has been dramatic. By mid-1987 there were some 600 DIY stores throughout the UK…

by Norman Bowie. “Quiet calm cool deliberation untangles every knot” W S Gilbert. The Great Crash of October 19 last year appeared to send hardly a ripple through the property…

by Chris Phillips. The opening of Mary Quant’s new colour shop at 21 Carnaby Street in London’s Soho heralds the return of the famous fashion street to the forefront of…

by David J Lewis. Many aspects of negotiating a secured real estate loan in the US will be unfamiliar to the British property investor.