Concentrates on those provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 which directly affect the property manager in general practice. Discusses the background to the Act, Part I: Integrated Pollution Control, Part II: Waste disposal on land, Part III: Statutory nuisance, and further...

Examines the environmental risks involved in managing and investing in commercial/industrial property in the UK. Looks at some of the questions which prudent landlords should now be asking of their tenants in order to assess these risks, and concludes that an environmental risk rating system...

The extension of compulsory, competitive tendering to professional services, against a background of local government reform is generating an atmosphere of organizational and operational uncertainty. Examines some of the issues arising out of the twin processes and highlights some of the areas...

Examines the new system for rate valuation and procedure for challenging rateable values, including a resume of aspects that remain unchanged. Considers the particular differences of practical concern to be: the rateable values themselves, the phasing in of changes, the procedure for challenging...

Purpose – The paper's objective is to empirically study the effects of building refurbishment on the prices of the dwelling units in a contiguous housing estate in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach – In a congested living environment like Hong Kong, it is difficult, if not impossible,...

Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic property markets in the world, and now provides the economic gateway to China. Using style analysis, the level of direct property in Hong Kong property company performance is shown to be approximately 15 per cent over 1984‐2000, with the level of direct...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how performance management control should be optimised for housing management services, through two different organisational contexts in the social housing sector. Design/methodology/approach – Case study methodology was used to examine...