Residential Property

Letters: Propertymark Response to UK Finance Report on Housing Market

Toby Leek, NAEA Propertymark president, comments on UK Finance reporting a surge in housing market activity following changes to StampRead More »

Celebrating Two Decades in Spain

Luxury residential real estate company Lucas Fox is celebrating 20 years in Spain with turnover growing 16.2 per cent toRead More »

Letters: Propertymark Response to Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Statement on Scotland’s Housing

Timothy Douglas, Propertymark’s Head of Policy and Campaigns, comments on a recent discussion of the housing market in the ScottishRead More »

Kirklees Council Expands Totalmobile Partnership

Kirklees Council has extended a longstanding partnership with field service technology provider Totalmobile as it implements a new digital transformationRead More »

Rent or Lease Vacant Property Through the Royal Greenwich Landlord Scheme

Private landlords are being urged to let or lease their properties to the Royal Borough of Greenwich to help residentsRead More »

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to Transform Industrial Unit into Temporary Housing

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) has selected The Momentum Group to deliver a £1.7 million refurbishment projectRead More »

Study Warns of Impact of Extreme Flooding on UK Coastal Property Prices

A new study reveals that more extreme flood predictions significantly impact real estate demand in the UK, particularly along theRead More »

Letters: Later Life Mortgage Lending in the UK

Toby Leek, NAEA Propertymark President, responds to the latest quarterly ‘Later Life Mortgage Lending’ report from UK Finance.  Sirs, UKRead More »

Spreading Festive Cheer

Blenheim Estate Homes and its long-standing development partner, Pye Homes, are spreading festive cheer this month, supporting a host ofRead More »

Polyteck to Deliver M&E Services at New Luxury London Club Residence

Polyteck has been appointed as mechanical and electrical contractor for Holland Park Villas, a new collection of apartments and penthousesRead More »

Stiebel Eltron to Host Heat Pump Introduction for Homeowners

STIEBEL ELTRON UK is set to host an introduction to heat pumps to help guide people who are looking to implementRead More »

Sale of Multifamily Property in Long Beach

CBRE has brokered the sale of a nine-unit multifamily property at 6744 Orizaba Avenue in Long Beach, California to aRead More »

UK House Prices Poised to Perk Up as Rate Cuts Begin – Bloomberg Intelligence

Iwona Hovenko, Senior Real Estate Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on the finding of BI’s latest Housing Pulse report that UK housingRead More »

Polyteck to Deliver M&E Services on Milton Keynes Residential Estate

Polyteck has won a one-year mechanical and electrical (M&E) contract at the Park Square apartment residential development in Milton KeynesRead More »

£1.6 Trillion UK Mortgage War May Deepen NIM Pain – Bloomberg Intelligence

HSBC, Barclays, NatWest, and Lloyds are likely to face pressure on their net interest margins (NIM) due to tightening mortgageRead More »

Grenfell Inquiry: Propertymark Urges Action on Ongoing Cladding Crisis

Propertymark has welcomed the publication of the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry but warns that lessons must be actedRead More »

Polyteck Included in Communities & Housing Procurement Framework

Polyteck has been selected for inclusion in the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium’s (CHIC) four-year framework for kitchen and bathroomRead More »

Large-scale Housing Project Must be Launched Daily to Meet UK Government Target – Propertymark

To meet its manifesto pledge of 1.5 million new homes within this parliamentary term, Labour must deliver just over 1,150Read More »

UK Homebuilders Eye Labour Lifting Development – Bloomberg Intelligence

Iwona Hovenko, Senior Real Estate Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on a new report finding that UK homebuilders Barratt, TaylorRead More »

Propertymark Comments on ONS House Price Index

Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, comments on the UK Office of National Statistics’ latest Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR)Read More »

Fewer UK Tenants in Rent Arrears

The latest Housing Insight Report from Propertymark, the UK’s largest professional body for estate and lettings agents, indicates the residentialRead More »

Supporting Assisted Living with Video Messaging

A partnership between Ambient Assisted Living platform (AAL) Archangel and Care Messenger is offering integrating video and messaging services forRead More »

Generation Stuck: UK Renters Work Exclusively to Pay Landlords for First 125 Days of 2024

David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Group, explains what’s needed for UK renters to get onto the property ladder asRead More »

Comment: Nationwide House Price Index April 2024

Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, comments on the UK’s Nationwide House Price Index for April 2024. Buyers and sellers are startingRead More »

Sale of Phoenix Apartment Community ‘Readapted’ from Hotel

Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Arcadia Gardens, a 76-unit apartment community in Phoenix, Arizona. Originally built inRead More »

Propertymark Encourages Creativity as UK Government Tackles Homes Supply Shortage

Propertymark has encouraged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes that people intend toRead More »

UK Rental Market in Chaos

David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Tax, comments on the current state of the rental market in the United KingdomRead More »

Savills IM Raises £123m for First Close of UK Simply Affordable Homes Fund

Savills Investment Management has announced the first close of the Savills IM Simply Affordable Homes Limited Partnership fund, with foundingRead More »

CIFF Guangzhou 2024

China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), the world’s largest furniture exhibition and FM Magazine partner event, will welcome buyers from theRead More »

Pinnacle Group Awarded Funding Affordable Homes Contract

Pinnacle Group has been appointed by Funding Affordable Homes Housing Association (FAHHA), a for-profit Registered Provider and Homes England investmentRead More »

Middle Earners Priced Out of Rural Southern England

People on middle incomes have been squeezed out of renting in rural towns and villages in southern England according toRead More »

AXA UK Urges Customers to Find Alternatives to BT Redcare Following Service Closure Announcement

BT Redcare, the UK’s largest supplier of alarm signalling services for security and fire, will shut down next August leavingRead More »

Sale of Luxury Apartment Building in Phoenix

Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the newly built 16-unit Arcadia Views luxury apartment community in Phoenix, Arizona.Read More »

UK Housing: Improvement on the Horizon

Iwona Hovenko, real estate analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on updates from some of the UK’s leading homebuilders and building-materialsRead More »

Record Number of Landlords to Abandon UK Rental Market

David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Tax, explains why the UK’s Buy-to-Let mortgage market isn’t working for tenants or landlords.  AccordingRead More »

Letters: Downsizers MUST Be Exempted From UK Stamp Duty

David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Tax, comments on the UK Government’s renewed focus on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT).Read More »

Sale of Apartment Community in Bellevue

Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of an apartment community near the new light rail station in Downtown Bellevue,Read More »

Next-gen Home Automation

Residential real estate developer London Land Group and ABB Electrification’s Smart Buildings Division have signed a key supplier agreement toRead More »

Strategic Partnership to Develop 10 Newmarket Square in Dublin

Valpre Capital, a London-based private equity real estate investment firm, Revelate Capital, an Irish based real estate investment and developmentRead More »

Letters: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

Linz Darlington, Homehold managing director, comments on The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill introduced yesterday in the House of Commons.Read More »

What’s In Store for UK Buy-to-Let in 2024?

An outlook for the UK residential and buy-to-let markets from Tom Brown, managing director – real estate, at Ingenious CapitalRead More »

Case Study: ‘Statement’ Exterior for a Residential Development in North London

Keystone Group business IG Masonry Support supplied 65 metres of a mechanically-fixed brick-slip soffit solution for two blocks of buildings thatRead More »

Autumn Statement: UK Housing Market

Iwona Hovenko, Real Estate analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on the UK’s housing market ahead of tomorrow’s Autumn Statement byRead More »

Wates UK Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Contracts Exceed £100M

Wates is cementing its presence as a leader in social housing retrofit after securing £107m of Social Housing Decarbonisation FundRead More »

White House Tackles Commercial-to-residential Conversions

The White House has catalogued a set of Federal tools for commercial-to-residential conversions including the Historic Tax Credit which currentlyRead More »

Comment: Nationwide UK House Price Index Data

Tom Brown, managing director for real estate at Ingenious, comments on better-than-expected UK month-on-month house price index data from Nationwide.Read More »

Savills IM Adds Madrid Residential Portfolio to Assets Under Management

Savills Investment Management has added more than 260 Build-to-rent (BTR) and Build-to-Sell (BTS) units in a prime area of MadridRead More »

Assetz Capital Supports Bradford Student Village Development

Laisteridge Student Village in Braford city centre has received a £2.99 million facility from Assetz Capital to create 169 newRead More »

Surging Rents in the UK

Cornerstone Tax chairman David Hannah comments on data from Knight Frank suggesting UK rents could rise by 22 per centRead More »

Letters: UK Prime Minister’s Net Zero Speech

Responding to the recent speech outlining Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new approach to net zero, Stewart Clements, Director of theRead More »

Delivering Retrofit Skills in the South East of England

A new partnership between The Retrofit Academy and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH) will help train andRead More »

What’s Next for UK Housing?

On 27th September, Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) will host a webinar entitled, “5%, 10% or 15% Drop? What’s Next for UK House Prices?”Read More »

UK Apartment Association at the 2023 Build to Rent Conference and Awards

The UK Apartment Association will be announcing five award winners at the Annual Build to Rent Conference and Awards ceremony inRead More »

RO Group Announces Senior Appointment

UK property developer The RO Group has appointed Ana Bajri as its first Head of Sustainability.  Bajri brings a wealthRead More »

As UK Rents Rise House Prices Drop

Cornerstone Tax chairman David Hannah comments on new forecasts for the UK’s housing market from estate agency Hamptons.  A newRead More »

BDR Thermea Group Strengthens Strategic Partnership with G.I. Holding

Baxi’s parent company BDR Thermea Group is acquiring a 25 per cent stake in G.I. Holding, a market leader inRead More »

Refinancing an Affordable Homes Portfolio

A portfolio of 34 properties in East Anglia in the East of Anglia has received a bespoke investment facility toRead More »

The Future of Home: Mira Showers, Bellway Collaborate with University of Salford

Residential housebuilder Bellway has created ‘The Future Home’ within Energy House 2.0 (EH 2.0), an unique £16 million research facilityRead More »

The “Un-mortgageables”: What Rising UK Rents Really Mean

Shahram Shaida, CEO of home buying and investment platform Allbricks, considers the longer term implications of rapidly rising rents forRead More »

CBRE Brokers Sale of Mixed-Use Multifamily and Retail Property in Costa Mesa

CBRE has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property comprising 12 residential apartment units and a street-front retail building inRead More »

A LOT to Gain

National Allotment Week (7th – 13th August 2023) will do much to remind the United Kingdom of the value ofRead More »

Commentary: Bank of England’s Interest Rate Hike Rattles UK Property Market

UK interest rates rise for 14th consecutive time - what does it mean for the property market?

Setting the Standard for Residential Retrofit at Scale

A pioneering partnership between Essex County Council and workforce development specialist, The Retrofit Academy, is delivering improvements for the region’sRead More »

Home Purchases Delayed by Rising Rates

Iwona Hovenko comments on a new Bloomberg Intelligence survey of prospective UK house purchasers seeking to complete within the nextRead More »

Genesis Homes Inaugurates £250,000 Office with House Building Chief

Neil Jefferson, managing director of the Home Builders Federation (HBF), recently presided over the grand opening of Genesis Homes’ newRead More »

Acquisition of Multifamily Development Opportunity in Rocklin

Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 397 unit garden-style multifamily development site on 18 acres in RocklinRead More »

Case Study: Achieving Energy Efficiency with Cavity Wall Panels

Recticel Insulation’s EUROWALL® Cavity Wall Panels played a pivotal role in ensuring the energy-smart homes of Otium Lake, a prestigiousRead More »

CBRE Brokers Sale of Multifamily Community in Anaheim

CBRE has arranged the US $4.25 million sale of a 12-unit multifamily property in Anaheim, California to a private investorRead More »

Trade Body Backs Further Research into Damp and Mould

UK industry body the Property Care Association (PCA) recently pledged to support an international conference of industry experts and academicsRead More »

Case Study: Managing Fire Risk in Marylebone

West End Gate, located on the Edgware Road in Marylebone, London, is a prestigious residential development comprising of eight buildingsRead More »

Savills IM Acquires BTR Properties in Spain for European Living Platform

Savills Investment Management has completed the acquisition of two newly built residential properties in Valencia for its European Living PlatformRead More »

Savills IM Acquires UK Build-to-Rent Assets

Savills Investment Management has completed the acquisition of two forward-funded single family residential sites in the Midlands, both developed byRead More »

SolarEdge-Vaillant Partnership Integrates Heat Pumps with Home Ecosystem

SolarEdge Technologies is collaborating with European heating manufacturer Vaillant to integrate Vaillant heat pumps into the SolarEdge Home ecosystem. SolarEdgeRead More »

Cushman & Wakefield Facilitates Refinancing of Transit-oriented Community in Seattle

Cushman & Wakefield has served as exclusive advisor to a joint venture between Legacy Partners and Affinius Capital for theRead More »

NEOM Awards Partnership Contracts for Saudi Winter Asian Games Giga-Development

NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious giga-project and the venue for the 2029 Asian Winter Games, has signed SAR 21 billion (US$Read More »

Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association Contract

Hard FM services contractor DMA Group has regained a multi-year mechanical and electrical (M&E) maintenance contract with Notting Hill GenesisRead More »

10 Per Cent of Mortgages Taken Off UK Market

Two leading commentators give their perspective on a recent analysis showing a fall in the number of residential mortgage productsRead More »

Why Confidence is Returning to the UK Residential Housing Market

With new data from Rightmove suggesting average house prices in the UK increased by 1.8 per cent in May, DavidRead More »

Is a UK Housing Market Crash Inevitable?

Iwona Hovenko, real estate analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on research suggesting the UK can avoid a housing crash. TheRead More »

Cushman & Wakefield Expands Role of Washington State Principal

Cushman & Wakefield has added Washington State to the geographical responsibility of its Managing Principal for Oregon, Alison Beddard. TheRead More »

Savills IM Adds €100 Million Swedish Residential Portfolio to European Living Platform

Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) has entered into an agreement to acquire six fully let residential assets in Sweden forRead More »

Why Mortgage Rate Hikes are Driving U.S. Rental Housing Resiliency

Ana Lai, Real Estate Senior Director at S&P Global Ratings, comments on the impact of 12 months of mortgage rate increasesRead More »

Costs Rise as UK’s Housebuilders Reduce Build-out Rates

Kseniya Savelyeva, Indices Manager at the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), comments on the organisation’s most recent quarterly survey ofRead More »

‘Responsible Persons’ and England’s New Fire Door Regulations

Karen Trigg, business development manager, South East at Allegion UK, explains the mandatory fire door (‘regulation 10’) checks introduced forRead More »

Design Plus Powered by ISH Innovation Award for Compact “Apartment” Heat Pump

Qvantum Energi AB, the Swedish company behind an under-the-sink heat pump for apartments on district heating networks, has received aRead More »

Property Maintenance App on UK Fundraising Mission

UK private investors can now target the property maintenance market through an intuitive digital platform called EVO which connects social housing landlords,Read More »

Improving the Quality of Tenancies with Customer Surveys

Wiener Wohnen, Europe’s largest municipal property management company, has appointed AktivBo to provide customer surveys and a continuous customer dialogueRead More »

UK Housebuilder Pledges Support for Women in Property

Property developer Genesis Homes is sponsoring the Cumbria and Lancashire branch of industry group, Women in Property under a year-longRead More »

Housing Development Commemorates 19th Century Railway Stationmaster

Wakefield Gardens, a new development from Genesis Homes, is named after Thomas Wakefield who served as the local stationmaster forRead More »

Housing Association Awards Door Entry Contract

Maryhill Housing Association in northwest Glasgow has selected Imtech Group subsidiary Spie UK for a 36-month contract to service andRead More »

Why the Big UK Fire-Safety Tax for Developers is Unfair

Iwona Hovenko, Real Estate Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, says the UK’s largest homebuilders will be impacted disproportionately by new taxesRead More »

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