30 March 2021 Insight Build to Rent: Resilient despite the pandemic? The Build to Rent (BTR) sector enjoyed impressive growth before the pandemic. With around one in five households in the UK now renting, BTR has been well positioned to benefit. Bookmark this page 2 min read
30 March 2021 Insight Existing buildings - re-use and recycle 2019 brought the climate crisis into worldwide focus, and with UK building operations accounting for approximately 30% of the country’s emissions, tackling climate change has become impossible for the property industry to ignore. With the Government’s target to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a focus on sustainability is very much on the agenda. Bookmark this page 2 min read
25 February 2021 Insight Could 3D printing provide the solution to Britain’s housing crisis? Faced with concerns that the government is at risk of failing to meets it annual 300,000 new home target by the mid-2020s, 3D printing could provide the solution to Britain’s housing crisis? Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 February 2021 Insight Should we all be living in a treehouse? Early last year the government announced that, from 2025, gas boilers will be banned in new build houses in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions. This policy may reduce the day to day emissions that come with living in a traditional house, however it does not tackle the carbon footprint of building a house itself. Bookmark this page 2 min read
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