Finance Director Philip Magnus has been at W.RE for five years, where he has seen the business grow to having a total of £1.5bn of assets under management. Having studied IT at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), he began his accounting and finance career by qualifying as a chartered accountant […]
The Interregnum is airbrushed as a mere gap between two kings, but we were among the first in Europe to scrap the monarchy. England makes much of its monarchy as a symbol of continuity. It is part of this country’s identity and sense of distinctiveness, particularly now that it is one of the few remaining […]
Why be stuck at home when you can Zoom aboard with a far better backdrop, go for a dip at lunchtime – and be just as productive? So, how has working from home been for you? Having a good idea of the Property Chronicle readership I imagine it has gone rather well – better than […]
This article was originally published in October 2020. I am ashamed to admit that after ten years living in UAE, I think I care less about my home country than I did. I love so much about it; don’t get me wrong. As the place where my children live, were educated at vast expense and […]
A racehorse trainer wanders through empty stands and paddocks amid the ghosts of past revelry – mostly just glad to be there at all. She was not there. Where we meet every year, there was nothing but a muddy corner of a deserted car park. We see each other for only five days a year, […]
Communities, whether they are villages, farms or even flocks of sheep, work best when they work together. Late last Sunday night a 6ft 6in tall policeman carrying a machine gun came to the farmhouse door. I had responded to a cry for help from our neighbour concerning some “wild shooting” out on the marsh by […]
Warehousing is a rapidly growing requirement, and we must find more space to accommodate it within the urban fabric. Much has been written about how the retail and office sectors are being transformed by the sudden acceleration in e-commerce and remote working, but a more modest asset class undergoing its own disruption has received scant […]
Caution among mortgage lenders is pushing back against government efforts to boost activity in the housing market – and rightly so. The UK government has made recent efforts to reignite activity in the property market to boost the economy’s post-pandemic recovery. This makes sense, given that the residential real estate market is a significant driver […]
A future with less need to commute is making country life more feasible, and rural estate agents’ phones are ringing off the hook. “At the beginning of the plague, when there was now no more hope but that the whole city would be visited; when all that had friends or estates in the country retired […]
Investors must urgently review their portfolios to ensure they are aligned with the major changes taking place – it’s happening faster than you think. It is widely acknowledged that real estate is set to see widening polarisation in performance, but the speed at which this will occur – and the consequent implications for investment strategy […]
