Late last week, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) released new figures describing the state of the gateway 2 queue – the planning stage at which the regulator is meant to give a green or red light to higher-risk residential building applications.
Blackstone’s very public interest in Big Yellow has put the self-storage sector in the spotlight.
The management team at Unite Group will have breathed a sigh of relief on Monday, with the successful conclusion of a shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition of rival listed REIT Empiric Student Property.
Mixing state business with political campaigning is a questionable tactic, although not entirely uncommon.
Last Friday’s news from Life Science REIT that it would start the piecemeal sale of its properties marked the latest piece of grim news for an asset class once expected to deliver outsized returns this year.
Few would dispute that our university system is troubled by grade inflation. In a world where graduates rack up debts of tens of thousands of pounds, we can’t be surprised that outcomes are trending towards the transactional.
Over the past week we’ve learned some important lessons about housing, tax and politics.
Parliament returned from holidays this week, amid fevered speculation about fiscal policies and ministerial survival odds. But behind the fiery spectacle, spade work awaited.
August is traditionally a quiet time for the property sector, but bosses at Great Portland Estates (GPE) will be wishing it had been quieter still.
Even as the holiday season beckons, government attempts to reform building safety rumble on.
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