Weekly footfall in the West End is down 56% compared to last year, with activity remaining low three months after lockdown was lifted.
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The UK care home sector is recovering following the initial impact of Covid-19, according to a research report by Knight Frank.
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In SE1, office space availability has increased by 45% since lockdown began to hit a six-year high, according to Union Street Partners.
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UK retailers have been hit by the first weekly fall in visitor numbers since the depths of lockdown.
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Pubs in England and Wales are “vanishing” at a rate of 40 a month.
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The government is preparing to extend the ban on commercial evictions until the end of the year.
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Westminster City Council has proposed a new policy to be included in its City Plan 2019-40 which would protect office space within the area following the government’s planning reforms.
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First time buyers are facing a credit crunch as Britain’s biggest banks axe low deposit loans.
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House prices will fall almost 14% next year, once the temporary stamp duty cut ends and the true impact of coronavirus is felt.
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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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