Members' Insights
 

Keep up with the latest real estate insights, news and trends from The Landsite members.

 

22nd August 2019
Knight Frank to market historic Leeds building
Contractors have been appointed to comprehensively refurbish an iconic central Leeds building, originally the home of Hepworth Tailors.Wellington Park House, now renamed Tailors Corner, was bought for an undisclosed sum by award-winning property developers Boultbee Brooks last year.
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22nd August 2019
Space as a Service: Should offices operate like hotels?
Michael Lewis, Head of Property Asset Management at Knight Frank, discusses evolving work spaces and how businesses are taking office services to the next level.Landlords and corporate occupiers are increasingly aware of the changing needs of modern workers, and in turn of the growing expectations of office buildings.
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22nd August 2019
Bonsors- Marks Bloom - Office Disposal and Search
Posted by Bonsors
Longstanding clients of Bonsors, Marks Bloom’s offices are located near to our offices and the company has been based in Kingston upon Thames for a number of years.The property comprised a ground floor retail unit occupied by the Futon Store and two floors of offices above occupied by Marks Bloom. The building is very prominently situated fronting Kingston’s ring road at the junction of London Road, Fairfield North and Old London Road. 
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21st August 2019
Hyde & Rowe announced winners of Property Management Company and CEO of The Year Awards
Posted by Hyde and Rowe
Hyde & Rowe secure two prestigious industry awards.We’re delighted to announce that Hyde & Rowe has two new awards to add to our growing collection of accolades.
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21st August 2019
Agreements About Property Rights Need More Than a Friendly Handshake!
Posted by Robinson Allfree
Friendly agreements between neighbours about property rights may seem a good idea. However, as a High Court case showed, they may not be binding on future owners and that is why it always makes sense to get a lawyer to formalise such deals.
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21st August 2019
Fantastic New Product
We are very happy with the new GSM wireless product we have been testing; not only does it have intelligent analytics built into the camera technology to ascertain if its a person, car or animal it has serious long range capability both in daylight and darkness making it a great product for larger property sites and it of course is non dependent on mains power or any cabling so its relatively quick to install.  
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21st August 2019
How to protect yourself from being ‘gazumped’
Posted by Gazeal
There are few conversations more upsetting for buyers or sellers than those where an estate agent breaks it to them that the other party has pulled out of a sale. Sometimes it’s because of a poor survey, sometimes a better offer, or sometimes – most frustratingly of all – there’s no obvious reason.
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20th August 2019
Pure Town Planning- Approved: certificate of lawfulness for a 6-bed HMO in Poole
Posted by Pure Town Planning
BCP Council (formerly Borough of Poole): Darryl Howells, a director of the firm, has successfully secured a Certificate of Lawfulness for the conversion of a dwelling to a 6 bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with only 2 car parking spaces, in an established area of semi-detached houses.
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20th August 2019
Top business finance solutions
Posted by CreditDigital
Every business needs to consider creative funding solutions at one point or another. Try as business owners might to never experience cash flow shortages, unexpected circumstances commonly force both small businesses and large limited companies to consider finance options that will bail them out of potentially growth-killing dry spells.
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20th August 2019
Keeping housing healthy – David Cox’s five-point market manifesto for the new Prime Minister.
David Cox, ARLA Propertymark Chief Executive, has outlined a housing manifesto that he believes will keep the sector healthy. With a new government settling in, this may be an ideal time to investigate and implement these reforms.
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16th August 2019
Knight Frank boosts Private Office Commercial team
Knight Frank, the global real estate adviser, has expanded the Private Office Commercial team with the appointment of Chris JamesBased at the firm’s global headquarters in London, Chris will be working with UHNW and Family Offices seeking commercial real estate investment in the UK and Europe across all sectors.
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16th August 2019
GDS Korea appoints APAC Business Development Manager
GDS is excited to announce the appointment of GDS engineer Bill Price, to Business Development Manager-APAC. Since relocating to the area when the GDS Korea office launched in 2017, Bill has played an instrumental role in establishing the companies’ presence in the Asian market and is perfectly placed to oversee future growth for the GDS Group.
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