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April 29, 2021

Before we start – I just wanted to make it clear that when we moved into the new office in March last year, we definitely paid for it without any contributions from the party or donors. Just saying. There are many things in short supply at the moment. One is

Join The Intali Team

March 16, 2021

Calling All Aspiring Property Superstars! We are looking for an intelligent, confident and ambitious person to join Intali as a Property Researcher. You will need to be confident, hard-working and enthusiastic for this wide-ranging role which we hope will be a stepping-stone into a fantastic career. Property experience may be

Strictly Lockdown

November 2, 2020

It is so hard to write a balanced piece in these times of virus. On the one hand, we are all living in very difficult times which, compounded by the impending lockdown, inevitably leads to glum faces almost everywhere you look. On the other hand, the farce of a political

Reducing the Affordable Threshold – Playtime for SME Developers?

October 8, 2020

I am amazed at the number of major planning policies being proposed by the new government. I know they said they would want to make major changes to all aspects of life in Britain during their election campaign, but no one really believed them. I am also delighted that they

Sun, Sea and Sand – An Alternative Property Investment

September 28, 2020

Just before memories of this year’s “staycation” are faded by Autumn’s approach, I thought I would review a recent investment acquisition for one of our long-standing clients. It was about a year ago when said client advised that their next investment needed to help diversify the portfolio and provide some

Viability and the Planning Reform White Paper

September 17, 2020

Following on from my Brief and Myopic History of Viability, I thought I would follow up with a review of it's executioner - The Planning Reform White Paper. I have an image of how government policy is made. I see huge oak panelled double doors opening into an opulent panelled

A Brief and Myopic History of Viability

September 14, 2020

The government's Planning Reform White Paper signals the end of viability to negotiate Affordable Housing and Section 106 contributions. The viability "dog" has been terminally ill for a while and, before it is finally put out of its misery, I though it would be a good time to take a

Student Investment Portfolio in Leicester

June 18, 2020

Things move very fast at the moment. Anything you say today can look stupid a week later as lockdown levels, rules and regulations change. Two metres or one? Free school meals or not? Quarantine on arrival - it looks voluntary to me. You can understand the uncertainty. There is no

Hello Again……

June 4, 2020

It has been an embarrassingly long time since I last wrote anything on the blog and I've been spending a lot of time thinking of excuses. As part of our spanking new digital marketing strategy, we were told that blog posts need to be a minimum of 1,500 words to

£4.5m per Acre in Leicester City Centre

October 30, 2018

Not the prettiest site you will ever see but we have recently completed the sale of 257m2 land for development in Leicester's Cultural Quarter. Situated opposite the Phoenix Arts Centre and close to the Curve Theatre, the site offered an outstanding development opportunity for a mixed use development. The vendor