Brighter horizons: Optimism rises post-election, but UK property market fears...
The UK property market has been buoyed by a renewed sense of optimism following the general election, but a majority still fear the destabilising impact of a British exit from Europe, a survey by...
View ArticleFrogmore hits new high with £377m fund
Frogmore has completed its largest ever fundraise of £377m for its latest UK-only value-add fund.
View ArticlePeel and Macquarie launch new logistics platform with big ambitions
Peel Group and Macquarie Capital are launching a new logistics platform with ambitions to build a portfolio worth at least £1bn.
View ArticleNorthern Irish property returns hit the heights
Northern Irish income returns are now among the highest around and coupled with relatively depressed but recovering capital values make the region one of the most attractive markets for investors,...
View ArticleNew Covent Garden scheme helps St Modwen realise huge profits
St Modwen’s planned redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market (pictured) has helped the regeneration specialist post a massive increase in profits of more than 300%.
View ArticleTitlestone lends £39m to Galliard
Titlestone Property Finance has completed a £39m loan to Galliard Homes to assist with its Capital Towers scheme in Stratford, east London.
View ArticleProperty industry is sanguine about deepening Greek crisis
The deepening crisis in Greece is already starting to have an impact on real estate beyond the country’s borders.
View ArticleGreek crisis creating jitters in CMBS market
Nervousness about the Greek crisis and the collapse of the Chinese stock market is hitting capital markets and putting the brakes on Europe’s commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market.
View ArticleGrainger shares soar as activist investor stokes takeover talk
Grainger shares rocketed to an annual high this week amid growing speculation that the residential giant could be the subject of a takeover.
View ArticleSt Modwen CEO plans to expand PRS and residential businesses
When you have just produced a 306% increase in half-year profits, you could be excused for sitting back and telling your team “just more of the same, please”.
View ArticleOffice-to-resi conversions give Acuitus a boost
Acuitus’s July auction saw strong sales, thanks to investor appetite for office-to-residential conversions.
View ArticleTax changes may ‘kill off’ amateur buy-to-let market
Tax changes announced in the summer Budget could “kill off” part of the buy-to-let market, according to investment experts.
View ArticleSavills IM’s Charities Property Fund nears £1bn as investors pile in
The size of Savills Investment Management’s Charities Property Fund is close to £1bn after a surge in inflows.
View ArticleBarwood raises £50m for new regional fund
Barwood Capital has closed a £100m fund focused on the regions and has brought in former CBRE GI executive Giles King (pictured) as the fund’s chairman.
View ArticleTak Lee has no plans to bid for Shaftesbury
Samuel Tak Lee has no plan to mount a bid for Shaftesbury despite making an offer to buy a stake worth almost £230m this week, according to sources close to the Hong Kong real estate developer.
View ArticleDevelopment lending set to surge by over a third this year
Availability of development finance is improving dramatically as lenders look to increase their lending by more than a third this year, according to new research from the Investment Property Forum...
View ArticleAllsop auction hits £56m as lure of outer London grows
Allsop’s July residential auction raised £56m as investors looked to the outer reaches of the capital in search of value.
View ArticleLondon office funds record best returns
The returns achieved by unlisted property funds picked up in the second quarter as London office specialists continued to deliver the best figures.
View ArticleKnightsbridge gains funding for Southampton sites
Knightsbridge Student Housing has secured £41.5m of debt financing from Investec Structured Property Finance for two developments in Southampton.
View ArticleThreadneedle lands £80m loan for St James’s Square purchase
Threadneedle Investments has obtained a loan of about £80m from Wells Fargo to help finance its purchase and the refurbishment of the Queen Mother’s former home in St James’s Square.
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