Comment
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Core cities pitch to the regen dragons
The clever money is looking at value uplift in places other than London and the South East
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Business must be heard
Housing will rightly play a major part in this election, but there are other crucial issues surrounding property – in transport, tax and planning – that all political parties must…
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Waves of money enter the room
We read every day about the waves of money from the sovereign wealth funds, US investment houses and UK financial institutions trying to access the commercial property sector
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UK cities are becoming tech accelerators
Tech deals are back at dotcom boom levels, but this time around there is no bubble
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Editor’s comment – 07/02/2015
Cock-up rather than conspiracy lies behind the vacant building credit debacle. It may be quite the most poorly thought out legislative change to hit property in some time, but there…
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EG London: Editor’s comment
Last year was a good year for London’s property market and the consensus seems to be that this year will be as well – if political instability around the election…
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Last word: The seven-year switch
We have seen a pre-recession performance from the London office market in 2014, one that is eerily close to 2007. In fact, the stats from the two years look so…
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Behind the numbers: an uncertain start to 2015
Fluctuations across oil and global equities markets, uncertainty about a Grexit and a stuttering eurozone on the cusp of deflation have rekindled concerns among investors and created an uncertain start…
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Armstrong’s lasting legacy
Last spring I came across Louis Armstrong in the Reform Club. A cranial depression the size of a baby’s hand marked the spot where the former chief executive of the…
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Investors seeking out risk
Half a decade gone and with the annual reporting season well under way, it’s been another strong year for the UK’s commercial auctioneers.
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Striking the balance between office and resi
London is not the only market where swathes of secondary office buildings are set for glamorous new leases of life.
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Lisiting our best heritage is an accolade not a curse
The best way to enliven any discussion about the historic environment is to mention English Heritage’s role in the identification of the best of the recent past for listing.