An Introduction to the World of Surveying
What is a surveyor? While there isn’t one sole definition of a surveyor per se, there is anyone definition of a surveyor – we find them in all walks of life and all areas of the built and natural environments. However, what we can say is that surveyors shape the world in which we live. […]
Why We Shouldn’t Mourn the Loss of Department Stores (Yet…)
The department store was once seen as an innovative solution for retail, but in recent years this has changed. What can be done to save them?
Land Value Tax: A Policy Bringing Economists and Urban Planners Together
A decade after the late 2000s recession, much of the world is now back at the top of the economic cycle, and critically near the next crisis. At the top of an economic cycle, governments are collecting their peak tax revenues — yet, even so, many are still running large fiscal deficits and have large existing public […]
No Fault Evictions: A Thing of The Past?
The government have recently signalled its intention to put an end to Section 21 notices (or no-fault evictions), due to the severe financial and emotional impact they had on tenants. This move has proved to be very popular with tenants and tenants’ rights activists, but many landlords fear that it is yet another move intended […]
Defying Brexit: Birmingham’s Property Market & Its Success
In recent years, Birmingham, the UK’s second major city, has become the top destination for people leaving London, outranking other large cities such as Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, and Nottingham (2016, ONS/UK Migration Statistics). More than a decade after the devastating effects of the financial crisis which struck the property market, Birmingham seemed to be picking […]
Protecting Business from Terror
It is a sad fact of life that the market for insuring against terror attacks is rapidly growing. Generally, cover against terror is not included as standard by most UK commercial property insurers. After the Baltic Exchange Bomb in 1992, there was a considerable period where in fact no insurers offered it at all, leading […]
Is it Finally Luton’s Turn?
With the final planning decision on the long-awaited ‘Power Court’ development in Luton blooming, can residents finally look forward to a better town?
Law, Land and Drones: Is Our Airspace Really Ours?
From tech junkie’s dream to a commonplace Christmas present, the rise of the consumer drone has been exponential over the last few years. In regards to land and property, they can be of great use. They allow us to survey large swathes of land we own or are considering buying very quickly. Farmers have been […]
How Will The US-China “Trade War” Impact Real Estate?
On March 22, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum to impose tariffs as high as 25% on US$60 billion worth of Chinese exports such as steel and aluminium to the United States. In response to this, on April 2, China announced retaliatory tariffs worth around US$3 billion on a range of U.S. food […]
What did the Lehman collapse have to do with real estate?
In 2006, the European commercial property industry achieved its biggest year yet. Investment volumes across the continent topped EUR225 billion at a pace of growth that saw sales double since 2004. The industry was in self-congratulatory mood; not just mesmerised by the “wall of capital” that was searching for a home but at its own […]
