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Aviva Investors acquires £21.6m Kett House, Cambridge
Kett House, a 35,881 sq ft prime five-storey office building in Cambridge City centre was purchased by clients of Aviva Inv...
Research, research, research is the mantra for build to rent
Allsop’s Senior Research Analyst, Emma Hart, shares her insights on the importance of good market intelligence and how to as...
Understanding the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards – Update
The concept of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) was first introduced by the Energy Act 2011 and, in February 2017, ...
Bretton Centre retail park in Peterborough sold for £17.5m
Bretton Centre retail park in Peterborough has changed hands for £17.5m, reflecting an attractive net initial yield of 7.85%...
The lure of mews houses
From their humble beginnings as carriage houses and accommodation for grooms and horses, mews houses have experienced a comp...
Planning Application Submitted for 500 New Homes in Birmingham Southside
A detailed planning application has been submitted by Camborne Land Investments to create an integrated rental community wit...
Life at Allsop with Apprentice, Gergo Petrovics
I came across an opportunity at Allsop through pure luck. After several long nights spent studying for my upcoming A-level ex...
Advantages of an Inside the Act lease
“The Act” (The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954) is a tremendous piece of legislation for tenants. It was designed when commerci...
Studying for your APC? Top tips on how to prepare for success
Every surveyor can recall the first time they walked into that dingy hotel at Heathrow to sit their APC assessment. I will al...
Supreme Court ruling favours developers
The long-awaited and highly anticipated decision of the business rates case, Monk v Newbigin has now been received, dissecte...
The Relay Building baton to be sold on as Allsop is instructed on £100m sale
Allsop has been instructed on the £100m sale of a landmark tower in the heart of Aldgate by US private equity firm, Angelo G...
Diary of an Auctioneer – Gary Murphy
Auction minus 8 weeks My career is an annual cycle of seven auction sales. You’re only as good as your last deal, they say –...
Large-scale investors spot a gap in the market for student digs
In January 2016, we shared our thoughts on why larger investors should look at student HMOs. Over the last year, many large-...
Convert to rent – are permitted development schemes suitable for build to rent?
The market for consented residential development land has been challenging and the process for gaining planning permission l...
Japanese Knotweed: what’s all the fuss, it’s only a plant?
We are indebted to the Victorians for their creation of the railway network, ingenious infrastructure and refinement of polit...
Building a commercial property portfolio
Getting started With the property market widely considered to be one of the safest long-term investments and with returns loo...