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How it was

by Ed Mead | Sep 7, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Agent

This article was originally published August 2017. About 30 years ago I remember my stepfather, a well-known man of considerable standing, surprising me by telling me I was in a ‘gentleman’s profession’. OK, he was quite old, but amongst the next generation up from...

On forecasting and market insight

by Lucian Cook | Oct 19, 2017 | Residential Investor

Just over ten and a half years ago I was working as a land agent specialising complex tax valuations, when I received a call from one of Savills’ head honchos asking me if I would like to go to his house on a Sunday morning for a cup of coffee and a chat. I was made...

Housing is now at the top of the political agenda

by Adrian Pepper | Jul 26, 2017 | Political Insider

Six months ago, building new homes for the British was heralded as one of the great crusades of Theresa May’s Conservative government. A housing green paper published in February led on the theme of looking after Generation Rent, with ministers quietly acknowledging...

Basement wars

by Houston Morris | Jun 15, 2017 | The Architect

Anyone who has visited the below ground troglodyte houses of Cappadocia, a region of central Turkey, knows that these ancient habitations are as impressive as they are unusual. They are mostly cut out of the rock face of a steep mountain. They offer very good thermal...