Comment
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Barney Stringer: Time to review green belt
Britain is experiencing the greatest population growth in its entire history, and much of that is concentrated in London.
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Paul Astbury: A roadmap for reform
The “compulsory purchase code” – the statute and case law encapsulating the myriad rules and traditions of compulsory purchase – is arguably 170 years old this year, with the Lands…
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Diary – 28 February 2015
Faisal’s top of the pops, while JLL calls the tune
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Let’s let planners realise a better UK
Planning is often relegated to arguments of speed, ease and appeasing lobby groups. It should be about creating successful places
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West Midlands Focus – The Last Word
Midlanders take pride in referring to Birmingham as the UK’s second city. Yet, at the start of this year, it was the North West’s hub that was ahead of the…
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Hong Kong’s problems are lessons for London
Hong Kong is perhaps the only city in the world where people seem to talk about property more than London.
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Editor’s comment: first £1bn sale of a property agent?
It took a new chief executive barely a year to confirm what many in the market had seen as inevitable for much longer than that: Cushman & Wakefield is for…
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Retail: the winners take it all
It was longer ago that I am happy to admit when I spent a great couple of months at Insead Business School in an attempt to drill into me some…
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Let’s work hard to satisfy PRS demand
It is no secret that the nation is facing a huge challenge: to provide high-quality homes for the future for a growing population.
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Rebecca Worthington: is property moving with the times?
In a world that has changed considerably over the past 20 years I wonder if the archaic view of the rapacious landlord, sitting in his ivory tower, has moved on?
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Retail: Is retail-led regeneration community infrastructure?
While high street retailers may have now established the internet as an ally, complementing their store sales with more choice and improved click-and-collect and home-delivery services, the vast majority of…
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Comment: The rise of the silver surfers
Come April 2015 we could see silver surfers who haven’t been to an auction before visiting the room ready to buy their first commercial investment.