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Lords’ report makes “bold recommendations” for UK housing market – House Shop

Friday, 15th July 2016

Nick Marr, co-founder of property classifieds site House Shop commented on the impact of the Lords’ report for landlords, the Private Rental Sector (PRS) and UK housing in general: “The Lords’ report ‘Building More Homes’ clearly shows that we still... View Article

Giving architects the tools to keep sustainability on track

Wednesday, 13th July 2016

Alan Yates, technical director, sustainability at BRE Global looks at how the BREEAM assessment method can assist architects in optimising building design, while keeping their clients happy too. The commercial property sector is a fiercely competitive and fast-changing environment where clients... View Article

From home to office, fast

Wednesday, 13th July 2016

Architect Alireza Ravanshad is the creator of Dandi Space, a whole new architectural approach to combining work and living space through smarter design. Here, he makes the case for challenging the traditional spatial divide between working life and home life.... View Article

Site lines – BRE’s James Fisher

Tuesday, 12th July 2016

The BRE’s James Fisher describes how commercial clients are seeing the need to analyse and improve the environmental impact of their buildings in use, to increase asset value. For many businesses, operating their buildings presents a major cost overhead, often... View Article

HomeOwners Alliance ponders Brexit effect on house prices

Thursday, 7th July 2016

Property advisors HomeOwners Alliance say Brexit is not all gloom and doom and predictions of drastic house price falls or a repeat of the 2007 financial crisis could be unfounded. Katherine Binns, Research Director at HOA, takes a look at house price... View Article

Scape CEO: Not all ‘doom and gloom’ despite dismal construction PMI report

Monday, 4th July 2016

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, commented on today’s Markit / CIPS UK Construction PMI: “Today’s data perfectly illustrates the uncertainty which surrounded the run up to the EU referendum on 23rd June and the uncertainty which remains as a... View Article

Sustainability in practice – how do we improve our buildings?

Tuesday, 21st June 2016

By James Fisher, Existing Buildings Lead & Principal Consultant, BREEAM Investors and owners of large commercial property portfolios throughout Europe are constantly on the hunt for a distinctive edge that will set them aside from the competition. The never-ending battle... View Article

Opinion: Seven-day mortgage switching: a philosopher’s stone?

Monday, 20th June 2016

By Paul Smee, Director General at Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) In my youth, I studied philosophy; one of my (not very impressive) attempts at philosophical thought was returned to me with the comment: “This is a conclusion in search of a... View Article

Exclusive blog: An industry back on track – but just in time for Brexit uncertainty

Thursday, 16th June 2016

For most in the construction industry, 2016 has been a busy, more profitable year than 2015. But are we on the road to recovery and what does the future hold with Brexit looming? The latest GDP figures showed that the... View Article

Site Lines – Andrew Tang of Pellings spells out the design lessons for secondary schools

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

Andrew Tang of Pellings spells out the design lessons for secondary schools as they expand to meet the intake ‘bulge’. Having worked for the past 10 years, largely in the primary education sector, I have been involved with a number... View Article

Rebuilding brick’s reputation – Architects’ Datafile editor James Parker reports from the BDA’s Urban Regeneration Day

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

Architects, contractors and suppliers to the brick industry gathered at Arup’s UK head office recently to hear how the quintessential British building material was seeing a resurgence in a range of urban regeneration projects in London and across the UK. The audience invited by... View Article

Practice profile – Norman Hayden meets WG+P, a young London firm going places

Wednesday, 8th June 2016

September 15, 2008 is a date Phil Waind, director of WG+P, will not forget in a hurry. As the global financial crisis bit hard, his fledgling practice hit what turned out to be its low point. “Lehman Brothers filed for... View Article

Comment on the latest Nationwide House Price Index

Wednesday, 1st June 2016

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, comments on the latest Nationwide House Price Index “Despite the artificial skew of April’s stamp duty deadline having been and gone, UK house prices have continued the upward trend that has been prevalent... View Article

Telford Homes 2015 final report

Wednesday, 1st June 2016

Owen Goodhead Comments on Telford Homes plc 2015 final results. Owen Goodhead, managing director of specialist recruiters Randstad CPE comments: “Housebuilders are bearing up under a sea of adversity – battling on despite a growing skills shortage. For businesses like... View Article

UK construction industry walking the talent tightrope

Tuesday, 31st May 2016

Talent shortages, rather than increased demand, are behind the increase in bricklayers’ pay, according to One Way. An analysis by the construction and rail recruitment specialist found that a lack of available professionals was the major factor behind the huge... View Article

EasyRoommate: Agencies are responsible for soaring rent prices

Tuesday, 31st May 2016

The increasing number of agencies involved in the flatshare market is pushing up rental prices, according to EasyRoommate. The flatshare and roommate website used its data to determine rent prices had climbed by nearly 30% compared to the first quarter of 2015. Other... View Article

Chief Executive of Hill comments on the risk of Brexit to the UK housebuilding industry

Wednesday, 25th May 2016

The Chief Executive of a leading UK housebuilder has warned of “severe consequences” to the British housebuilding industry if Britain decides to leave the European Union at the June EU membership referendum. Andy Hill commented: “A Brexit would have severe... View Article

Marsh & Parsons: There can’t be a one-rule-fits-all approach to affordable housing in London

Thursday, 19th May 2016

Comment from Charles Holland, Head of Residential Development and Investment at Marsh & Parsons, on the Queen’s Speech: “As home ownership plummets to just 63% of the population from nearly 70% a few years ago, it’s vital that the development... View Article

CML responds to FCA competition and responsible lending statement

Monday, 16th May 2016

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is pleased to note today that the FCA’s assessment is that firms have positively applied the responsible lending requirements that came in under the Mortgage Market Review. The CML also notes the FCA’s assessment... View Article

New construction figures published – leading construction and property consultants comment

Monday, 16th May 2016

Commenting on the new construction output figures published by the ONS today which show a decrease in output, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said: “There is unlikely to be any respite in the weak construction figures in... View Article