Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Irish rental sector’s lack of investors is policy-drivenThe continued fall-off in activity into 2024 should worry policymakers
Analysis Colm Lauder: Investors stump up for yoga, spas and gardens to attract office tenantsThe market is polarising between new, high-spec offices and older buildings
UK Colm Lauder: Want to beat the Nimbys? Irish politicians should look to UK Labour for pointersThe new Labour government in Britain has said it will overturn controversial planning changes introduced last year by its predecessor
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: I fear more spectacular own goals from government on housing policyThere needs to be an awakening that over-regulation is damaging development, our commercial property expert argues
Opinion Colm Lauder: Retail gives investors more reason to be positive than negative for the first time in yearsInvestors from local high-net worths to sector specialists are seeing an opportunity to take advantage of the growth potential in rents
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Housing is top of the UK election agenda, here’s where the parties stand Our property columnist appraises the housing policies in the UK election manifestos
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: What Sinn Féin can learn from UK Labour’s Yimby housing policyThe elections have shown that centre-right has held and that is largely down to the turnaround in housing supply
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Government must stop playing student politics with student accommodationThere is a real economic risk to the current proposals to change the rules on purpose-built accommodation for third-level students
Property Colm Lauder: How the Housing Commission’s rent control plan undermines its effort to increase supplyThe long-awaited report had one glaring division, proposing something that adds more complexity for investors in Ireland
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Boost in British property sales shows investors the value of staying the course A recent hotel deal should highlight the irrational discount at which Dalata Hotel Group trades
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Ireland needs to get real on need for private investments in social housingA recent report from the UK highlight many shared problems in growing housing supply, but there is an important difference in the proposed solutions
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Uncertainty persists in real estate markets but this is no repeat of 2008There’s distress in the market but there are several differences between this cycle and the financial crash of 16 years ago
Property Colm Lauder: Investment property market re-pricing continues as big transactions set to test the marketFirst quarter valuation declines were sharpest in the oversupplied office sector, where rents have now declined consistently since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic
Analysis Colm Lauder: Why there are new signs of life for investors in UK property British real estate investment market conditions improving in early months of 2024
Comment Colm Lauder: Are developers ‘green-washing’ by paying for sustainability certificates?Planning regulations already mean building must be environmentally friendly, but a commercial industry has developed to capitalise on the need to be seen to be green
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Listed real estate firms are rebounding, but share prices are laggingInvestors are continuing to scratch their heads in wonder as to when to expect some sign of a turning point on the public markets
Comment Colm Lauder: Why the market welcomes failure of a rare UK property dealShareholders in Abrdn believe that warmer underlying conditions means an alternative deal offers better value than a merger with Custodian
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Office rents are holding up, are they detached from reality?The market for old and new office spaces is becoming increasingly polarised, and investors should take note why
Comment Colm Lauder: Varadkar got a lot wrong but one day will be praised for getting housing on trackThe Fine Gael leader’s property policies are appraised by out expert columnist
Commercial Property Colm Lauder: Why was the Irish housing minister not at Mipim to drum up investment?Ireland, from national to local level, ignored the opportunity to pitch itself at Europe’s biggest deal show despite the lack of capital in the country