Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Global property investors split on UK and London future

More than half of investors in a recent KPMG survey said they would either slow down or stop their investment into the UK after Article 50. But 46% said they will continue at current levels. Andy Pyle, head of real estate at KPMG, explains the survey's findings.

Holyoake v Candy: The property trial of the century (so far)

Jess Harrold and James Lumley discuss their coverage of the two-month trial of Mark Holyoake's £100m claim against the Candy brothers, sharing insights into the court process and highlights from the evidence

Smart cities, rent-a-agents, deep sea living and huggable robots

In episode two of EG’s TechTalk Radio, Emily Wright and Samantha McClary talk to Ed Mead, founder of Viewber, proptech commentator James Dearsley, and the man behind the smart tile set to revolutionise our cities, Laurence Kemball Cook before meandering down a tech news path that takes them 10km below the sea bed and into the mind of Disney

Uber for property viewings goes commercial

Viewber, an outsourced viewing service for the property industry, is poised to shift from being a pure residential service to encompass the commercial real estate sector.

Founder Ed Mead, a former executive director of estate agent Douglas & Gordon set up the start-up last year to allow a cohort of people based up and down the country to take on residential viewings when an agent was not available.

Now he has plans to expand the idea to cover the commercial sector and is convinced that a lack of expert property knowledge will not be a stumbling block.

He talks to EG about the future of outsourced viewings.

Phil Wade, operations director, Silvertown Partnership, explains the Aecom tie up

Building speculative offices in Chester and revamping the city centre

Muse Developments' Phil Mayall talks about the decision to build 70,000 sq ft of speculative offices in Chester city centre when the market for new space is untested. And Philip Cox of Cheshire & Warrington LEP talks about the priorities for regeneration.

Question Time Birmingham - the full debate

Who should be the West Midlands' mayor, and how bad really is the state of Birmingham's transport infrastructure? These were key topics in EG's latest Question Time debate, which attracted a 200-strong crowd to IM Properties' flagship office development 55 Colmore Row.

Panellists were:

John Griffiths, Director, Savills

Richard Pettifor, Partner, Gateley plc Real Estate

Laura Shoaf, Managing Director of Transport for the West Midlands

Ross Blair, Senior Managing Director, Hines UK

Huw Rhys Lewis, Managing Director, UK Central Solihull – Urban Growth Company

 

Why PRS is important for growth in Birmingham #EGQTBrum

PRS might be in its infancy as a sector in Birmingham – partly because of a legacy of a troubled city centre residential market - but it’s an important part of the city and region’s overall residential offer and growth strategy going forward. Richard Pettifor, partner, Gateley, explains why.

Why London resi starts are set to tail off

Savills' residential research analyst Ed Green explains why London new build starts are set to drop. 

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