All Outputs (30)

Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market (2024)
Journal Article

Gifts, gratuities and hospitality are commonplace in industry and more so in the financial sector. They are often offered without any mention of their intention. However, they raise controversial and non-detectable reciprocity expectations. We invest... Read More about Gifts, corporate policies and individual morality in UK’s alternative real estate lending market.

Viewpoint on transparency in real estate markets (2024)
Digital Artefact

This paper represents the preliminary position of FIG Commission 9, as part of a project entitled ‘Increasing Transparency in Real Estate Markets’. This position paper is intended to stimulate debate and discussion at an international level.
The ca... Read More about Viewpoint on transparency in real estate markets.

Retail company voluntary arrangements: A dubious remedy? (2024)
Journal Article

Despite much debate on Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA) among UK retailers, understanding of retail CVAs remains limited. There is continuing uncertainty about the uptake of CVAs, what aspects lead to successful outcomes and whether CVAs can be v... Read More about Retail company voluntary arrangements: A dubious remedy?.

Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges (2024)
Book Chapter

In the face of climate emergency, the built environment professional is required to engage meaningfully with a range of emotive topics across pollution, tackling inequalities, resource scarcity, acute weather events, ecological damage and financial c... Read More about Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges.

Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate (2024)
Book Chapter

The residential real estate market is critical for the UK economy. Yet, transaction processes are overly complex. Emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) can help modernise this market whilst saving time and money for all parties involved.... Read More about Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate.

Global inquiry into transparency in the real estate markets (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The research is concerned with the perception, definition, and measurement of transparency in real estate markets and exploring any transparency deficits. Understanding market transparency, beyond the current measures available for selected countries... Read More about Global inquiry into transparency in the real estate markets.

“Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are widespread across Europe. Their gardeners maintain green oases in otherwise heavily built-up areas by cultivating urban land and caring for the green space. Thus, they generate positive externalities by privately managing public... Read More about “Designer huts” in allotment gardens – A new phenomenon – A case of Warsaw, Poland.

Transparency in the real estate market - A global comparative study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This is a collaborative research of the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK (UWE Bristol), the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the International Valuation Standards Council... Read More about Transparency in the real estate market - A global comparative study.

Regulation and accreditation of surveying professions - USA and UK - Challenges going forward (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The surveying profession plays a crucial role in property boundary determination, land
development, and infrastructure planning. Surveyors ensure the preservation and protection of
land and property rights. This paper explores the educational, ex... Read More about Regulation and accreditation of surveying professions - USA and UK - Challenges going forward.

High street evidence - UWE - Written evidence (HSC0046) (2024)
Report

Regulation and accreditation of surveying professions – USA and UK - challenges going forward (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Surveying professions play an important role in ensuring the preservation and protection of land and property rights.
Governments across the world are changing their approaches to protect the public. Some keep leaning toward market deregulation wit... Read More about Regulation and accreditation of surveying professions – USA and UK - challenges going forward.

The opacity of the allotment gardens market in Warsaw, Poland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are a well-established phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Their users, predominantly in towns, through the cultivation of land and care for the green space, create green oases in now busy urban areas. As such these locations... Read More about The opacity of the allotment gardens market in Warsaw, Poland.

Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Allotment gardens are a well-established phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe. Their users, predominantly in towns, through cultivation of land and care for the green space, create green oases in now busy urban areas. As such these locations now... Read More about Allotment gardens in Warsaw, Poland – from fruit and veg to designed huts.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The surging cost of living and shortage of affordable and sustainable homes fuel the global housing crisis. Earthship buildings are marketed as the epitome of affordable and sustainable alternative housing. This paper aimed to elicit the per... Read More about Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality.

Role of local landlords in small-town high streets – a study of Trowbridge, UK (2023)
Journal Article

High streets are a vital part of national identity and infrastructure. Responses to high street decline need to encourage stakeholder engagement. The prominence of local retail landlords as a key potential stakeholder group in smaller towns has been... Read More about Role of local landlords in small-town high streets – a study of Trowbridge, UK.

Gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in business development practices - the perceptions of stakeholders within the alternative real estate lending market (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The prevalent use of gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in the alternative real estate lending markets as part of business development practices has been observed, with the nature, scale, and type of such offerings varying significantly. With no form... Read More about Gifts, gratuities, and hospitality in business development practices - the perceptions of stakeholders within the alternative real estate lending market.

Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: Many town centres in England exhibit high retail property vacancies and require regeneration. Several alternatives for the replacement of town centre retail (TCR) have been suggested, one of which is healthcare. The healthcare sector in Engl... Read More about Recycling English town centres – from retail to healthcare: surveys, views and next steps.

Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S (2023)
Journal Article

Environmental concerns over the effects of construction sector activities necessitate meaningful measures to be taken. Despite worldwide increases in the uptake of environmental management systems (EMS), implementation of EMS across the construction... Read More about Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S.

Alumni engagement for learner engagement and career planning: Real estate alumni engagement (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nurturing connections between the university and the real estate alumni plays a pivotal role in improving the communication within the real estate sector and to continuously align the educational offer to the emerging industry needs. In the era of di... Read More about Alumni engagement for learner engagement and career planning: Real estate alumni engagement.

Embodied carbon reporting by German real estate institutional investors (2023)
Journal Article

Background: The building sector is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe. The European Union pledges to become climate neutral by 2050. To reach this goal, member states will need to account for embodied carbon... Read More about Embodied carbon reporting by German real estate institutional investors.