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The UK estate agency sector plays a crucial role in the housing market, facilitating property transactions and helping individuals find homes. However, the industry has long faced criticism for a lack of regulation, with advocates citing issues such as unethical...
The push to decarbonise and achieve energy efficiency from real estate is having an ever-increasing impact on all parts of the property sector. Whilst it is accepted that the sector is making big strides in taking action, it is also noted that in some parts the pace...
Following one of the most turbulent geopolitical whirlwind years of recent times, a recurring theme that is rarely discussed is the flexibility of the “S” within the ever-present headline topic of “ESG.” The S of ESG is a loosely defined term, with a large number of...
"What exactly is it that you do?” It’s a question that will be all too familiar to anyone working in real estate. Readers, I’m sure, will be armed with plenty of words to describe your vocation and sector to friends, family and neighbours: built environment, real...
When Larry Fink, the head of BlackRock, announced "I don't use the word ESG anymore, because it's been entirely weaponised [...] by the far left and weaponised by the far right," some interpreted it as a signal that investors had lost interest, considering ESG as a...
What follows is not the charting of events we should expect now China has fixed its “invasion sights” on the island of Taiwan. Instead, it is a reflection on occupations that have already occurred, overlooked by those who predict a looming invasion. The First...
“A new magazine? Are you stark-raving mad?” That was the response of most of my “commercial” mates when I launched The Property Chronicle seven years ago. In some ways they were right; publishing is a tough old business and the traditional...