Female fund managers will not achieve equal status with male colleagues for two centuries if the promotion of women continues at the present rate.
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A multibillion-pound bet on commercial property by local authorities is a “disaster waiting to happen”.
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In the week Google pulled out of a 200,000 sq ft letting at Mapletree’s Sorting Office in Dublin, new research from property consultant HWBC predicted that take-up for the whole year would fall below 2m sq ft for the first time since 2012.
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Renters facing eviction have been offered a reprieve, but only if they live in lockdown areas.
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TSB has joined a growing group of lenders offering low deposit mortgages in time-limited “fire sales”.
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London offices worth £5bn are for sale as the market enters a “key” few weeks.
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In his annual letter to shareholders in January, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink laid out how the company was pivoting to putting environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles at the core of its investment strategy. Rather than the tokenistic corporate social responsibility initiatives seen in prior years, Fink’s push for sustainability was grounded both in environmental concerns and solid economics.
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St James’s Place and Columbia Threadneedle have become the first asset managers to unfreeze their property funds.
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Prices for homes with gardens have reached a four year high as people seek somewhere that’s green.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given the UK’s top four residential developers six months to ‘get their leasehold houses in order’ or risk being taken to court, Property Week can reveal.
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JLL has begun a redundancy consultation process across its UK business and has confirmed that around 200 UK-based roles could be affected.
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Just three women holding executive positions at Britain’s largest listed property groups have profit and loss (P&L) responsibilities, a new survey shared with Property Week reveals.
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The clash between landlords and retailers has escalated as the BPF calls for an immediate end to the rent collection moratorium.
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The government’s exposure to the housing market through Help to Buy has made the sector “too big to fail”.
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DWS expects the UK’s prime real estate values to fall by around 10% this year.
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The CBRE Monthly index reported an overall decline in commercial property value for August, with Industrial being the only individual sector reporting a growth.
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The Halifax house price index has reached a record high as the market continues to show immunity to job losses and gloomy forecasts.
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Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has launched an £11.5bn affordable homes programme that will be used to build up to 180,000 homes for first-time buyers.
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UK commercial property capital values sank -0.3% in August, while rental values declined -0.2%, CBRE has reported.
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Agents are reporting an “explosion” in the high-end of Scotland’s housing market
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