January 12, 2017
Navigating the planning system can be a complex task. Chris Lloyd director of AZ Urban Studio, an independent town planning and development consultancy, presented at the first LendInvest Development Academy course for aspiring property developers. Here he answers the questions at the heart of the planning process, to give developers an expert’s guide to the...
January 9, 2017
On Saturday morning, amid jazz riffs and licks, LendInvest CEO Christian Faes joined Elliot Moss on Jazz FM to chat about how LendInvest works and how it came to be. The two drill down into Christian’s experiences as a company founder to share knowledge other business leaders can learn from. Listen here. Enjoy! Here’s a quick look at some...
January 6, 2017
Savannah de Savary, one of 2016’s top 25 PropTech influencers is the founder of Industry Hub, an online platform and professional community that connects real estate developers with consultants. Her company was born after her time spent working at a development firm in New York, where she discovered the absence of a trusted shortcut for...
January 4, 2017
2016 was the year of “regulation, regulation, regulation”: Industry leaders are describing this year as one which will be shaped by the effects of new policy. June saw the UK vote to leave the European Union. With many bracing themselves for the worst in the wake of the vote, it became clear that there was no...
January 3, 2017
To celebrate the spirit of Christmas, we created an advent calendar with interesting highlights from 2016. We revealed the content behind each door on Twitter throughout December. In case you missed it, here is a round-up: Day 1: In the twelve months to 31 March 2016, we saw £3.4 million profits https://lndv.st/2dETDmC See this on...
December 22, 2016
For the tenth year running GP Bullhound presented the ten trends it believes will shape the technology industry in 2017. It is a collective effort of the best, sometimes most radical thinking from professionals across its global advisory and investment organisations. The report examined the growth of Europe’s unicorn companies, and dubbed AI as poised to have the biggest...
December 21, 2016
From virtual reality (VR) and drones on development sites to blockchain for mortgage valuations, this is how some of the property industry’s leading technologists see the path of PropTech in 2017. Wider adoption of virtual reality in design, construction, sales and letting The use of VR in property is already a $1 billion industry globally,...
December 21, 2016
Property market predictions for 2017, including the issue with supply, what could happen to prices in and out of London and what uncertainty there might be
December 21, 2016
Modular housing, another word for pre-made, factory-built homes, is fast gaining the favour of government as a time and cost-efficient approach to homebuilding and a key part of the solution to the current housing crisis. Small and larger developers across the UK are already demonstrating that pre-made and factory-built is no longer synonymous with ugly identikit homes....
December 19, 2016
The latest update from our LendInvest Capital Managing Director giving you the latest insights into the economy and wider property investment landscape