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Prices slide towards the edge…
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The last quarter of the year could be tough, with a price and transaction slowdown as opposed to the cliff drop.”
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Tenant’s liability
Accidents happen and damage is done, so, says Joanne Christie, all tenants need an inexpensive but protective insurance policy.
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Would you pay £32 to look around the ZPG head office?
Would you pay £32 to be shows around the ZPG head office? That is the price being charged to participants in this year’s Workplace Week event this November, during which some of the UK’s more innovative and creative workplaces will be opening their doors. If you think this a bit much to see around the ZPG office, then be reassured that the entrance fee is to raise funds for the BBC’s Children in Need. It is the fourth year the event has run, during which – so far – a total of £100,000 has been raised. ZPG is one of 19 companies opening up their funky HQs to public inspection. Others include Tesco in Welwyn Garden City, the Mclaren supercar factory near Woking in Surrey, WWF’s ‘tree house’ also near Woking and Lloyds of London. ZPG’s 45,000 sq ft office, which the company moved into eight months ago, houses both Zoopla but also its other brands including uSwtich, PSG and PrimeLocation. Recently added companies Hometrack and ExpertAgent are still based in the original offices in Chelsea and Somerset respectively. The ZPG office, created by leading workplace design and fit-out company Maris, is in a courtyard building close to Tower Bridge…
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Revealed: the most expensive cities to live in
Home affordability in cities is at its worst since 2008, says Lloyds Bank – and the worst of all is… Oxford.
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What’s really happening to house prices?
House price reports What’s really happening to house prices? Jeremy Leaf endeavours to make sense of the various property market surveys.
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Retirement housing back to “normal trading conditions”
Retirement housing builder McCarthy & Stone says demand for its homes increased by 10% during its most recent financial year and that most every aspect of its business is performing well including revenue, completions, average selling price and profits. The company built 2,299 homes between August 2015 and August 2016, a 20% increase on the previous financial year, while its average selling price increased by 8% and its gross profits increased by 15%. It’s been a good year for the company overall. It it was re-admitted to the FTSE 250 in March this year after leaving the Stock Exchange in 2006 and later experiencing difficulties during the financial crisis. In 2013 it was sold to Goldman Sachs and private equity group TPG by its banker Lloyds following an earlier debt-for-equity deal. Financial matters could not be more different now. It currently has a land bank of 10,186 plots, plans to build 3,000 homes this financial year and £52.8m in the bank compared to £44.4m of debt the year before. Despite the improved position, McCarthy & Stone says its order book is down by 13% and although it blames this drop on the EU Referendum, the company says it has seen…
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Movers & Shakers
Countrywide appointments
Countrywide Surveying Services has appointed Matthew Cumber as Director of Field Operations.
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Flood warning!
It all sounds good for homes at risk of flooding, but there are deep concerns for some as Flood Re launches.
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What’s really happening to transactions and house prices?
What’s really happening to transactions and house prices? Jeremy Leaf tries to make sense of the property market surveys and decide which ones have the most value.
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New faces at Robinson & Hall
David West has joined Robinson & Hall as an AMC Consultant, with strong experience and an in-depth understanding of the rural finance sector, having worked for Lloyds Bank for the last 40 years. His last role as a Regional Agricultural Manager saw him work with many farmers and rural based businesses in East Anglia for the last 15 years. David will further strengthen the AMC work that the Colchester and Ipswich office undertakes. Alex Munro, who has experience in all areas of planning and development, ranging from his time as a local authority officer through to project managing strategic development proposals, joins the Bedford office as a Senior Planner. Alex ran his own successful company providing planning advice and support to rural communities. He considers planning to be a creative exercise and takes pride in seeing quality development delivered. Jim Cribb has joined the Bedford office as an Assistant Rural Surveyor. Jim has previously worked for the National Trust for the last six years as a Countryside Ranger, managing a 2,000 acre National Nature reserve on part of the 8,000 acre Purbeck Estate in Dorset. His role involved the delivery of Higher Level Stewardship obligations and the upkeep of access…
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