All Property Week articles in 26 August 2011
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Podcast: PwC's Rosalind Rowe on REITs, tax and residential investment
Listen to the podcast to hear great insight on the prospects for the residential market, government measures to improve its fortunes and the impact of the current tax regime.
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Swap payment hits Isis Property Trust's NAV
Net asset value at F&C Investments’ Isis Property Trust fell by 2.2% over the first half of the year, mainly due to a £5.9m swap contract payment.
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Cushman & Wakefield makes $22.4m half-year loss
Cushman & Wakefield lost $22.4m in the first half of the year, after a much-improved operating performance was offset by one-off compensation and tax charges.
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Average house price rises 1.3% in July
The average price of a house in England and Wales rose 1.3% in July compared to the month before, figures from the Land Registry showed today, but still remains 2.1% down on house prices a year ago.
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Government goes to court over suspected land-banking company
The government has gone to the High Court to wind up a London-based property company as a part of its battle against suspected land-banking businesses.
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HBF warns Britain's housing crisis to worsen
Britain’s housing crisis will worsen following a renewed slump in planning permissions, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) warned today.
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Tamar European Industrial Fund starts Scandinavian sell off
Tamar European Industrial Fund enjoyed net asset value per share growth of 3.6% today, and announced the start of a £100m sale of Scandinavian assets.
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Martin Jepson to drive Brookfield's UK expansion
Hammerson’s former head of London, Martin Jepson, has joined New York-based property company Brookfield Office Properties as senior vice president, investment and development.
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Land Securities in early talks over X-Leisure stake
Land Securities is in early talks about taking a controlling stake in Capital Regional and Area Property Partners’ £551m X-Leisure fund.
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Racing start at Silverstone
Silverstone Holdings expects an accelerated start on the construction of both a business park and technology park, following the submission on 25 August of a planning application to redevelop land around the Formula 1 racetrack
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Peppa Pig proves promotions are under-seasoned
Research shows shopping centres do not spend service charges wisely
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Sleath’s new steer for Segro
Chief executive to review strategy after taking helm from Ian Coull in April
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Moorfield speeds into Sheffield receiver sale
Opportunity fund manager takes regional buying policy to £30m Velocity Village
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Minister slams National Trust
Greg Clark, Communities and Local Government minister, has attacked the National Trust for making “risible” claims that the government’s planning reforms could lead to increased development across the green belt
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Mary Portas studies retail rents
Mary Portas has been presented with the largest-ever independent study of retail tenancies for her high street review
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Merrill man’s new mortgage role
Ron Sturzenegger, who is global head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s real estate, gaming and lodging corporate and investment banking division, is moving to a new role at the bank.He has been appointed head of the legacy asset servicing unit, which manages the bulk of the bank’s troubled mortgage ...
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Tuffman trains for Ironman
When Rob Woollacott started coming into work at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor’s Cardiff office in a hot and sweaty state, his colleagues wondered if he was unwell
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TJ Hughes’ six saved from oblivion
On 10 August, the day before staff expected it to close for ever, TJ Hughes in Widnes won a reprieve. Morrisons, its co-anchor and landlord at the Green Oaks Shopping Centre, contacted managing agent Cushman & Wakefield to ask what was known of the purchaser, Lewis’s Home Retail.That is the ...