All Property Week articles in 26 February 2010
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Dubai World hands second NY building back to lender
Danske Bank took control of a 104-year-old office building in New York’s Times Square from Istithmar World, the second loss of a Manhattan property by the Dubai World unit in three months.
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HK regulators move to head off stop rate war
Hong Kong's banking watchdog has acted to head off a mortgage price war by setting guidance floors on mortgage rates, and warning lenders of default risks in a property market correction.
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Qatar Real Estate profit dive by a third
Qatar Real Estate Investment (Alaqaria), which is being merged with Barwa Real Estate, said its 2009 net profit fell 31.2%.
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Macau Property Opportunities seeks LSE main market listing
Macau Property Opportunities Fund is seeking a listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Japan Housing Finance courts foreign investors
Japan Housing Finance Agency, the state-backed lender, plans to increase sales of mortgage bonds this year as part of a strategy to win overseas investors with higher yields than they get from Japanese government debt.
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Mumbai land sale fails
Mumbai’s failure to lure any bidders in the first government land sale in at least 18 months may cause prices in that area to fall as India’s financial hub seeks to develop the reclaimed marshland into a key business district.
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Safestore aids expansion with new bank facilities
Safestore Holdings, the UK’s largest sell storage retailer, has increased its banking facilities to help drive its expansion plans.
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Snow and stamp duty send house prices down 1.5%
Lender says the snow and end to stamp duty relief caused prices to drop last month after months of rises
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LSL returns to the black
LSL Property Services, which in January acquired the Halifax chain of estate agencies from Lloyds for £1, has swung back into a pre-tax profit.
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M&S wouldn't be invented these days, says Sir Stuart Rose
Sir Stuart Rose, the outgoing chairman of Marks & Spencer, has said that the chain would not be invented if it did not already exist, and hinted that radical change could come under new chief executive Marc Bolland.
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Write downs keep Taylor Wimpey firmly in the red
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey failed to match rival Persimmon's return to profit yesterday, reporting a £640m pre-tax loss thanks to another round of writedowns on its land bank.
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British Land appoints Maudsley as head of retail
British Land has appointed a replacement for Andrew Jones as head of retail.
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Public/private initiative brings Milk to Manchester
Milk, a pan-European digital media agency, has become one of the first businesses to open an office in Manchester as a result of a new public and private sector initiative giving new investors 12 months’ free desk space.
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New chief exec and chairman at GVA Grimley
GVA Grimley has appointed a new chairman and chief executive as it positions itself for expansion in property’s recovery.
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Rreef buys German office tower for €123m
Rreef Investment GmbH has bought the Park Tower office building in Frankfurt from a Morgan Stanley fund for around €123m.
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund set to invest £14.7bn in property
Norway’s Ministry of Finance has drawn up rules for how the country’s sovereign wealth fund can invest its NOK130bn (£14.7bn) allocation to property.
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10 Brook Street sold for £30.2m
Lancashire County Pension Fund has bought 10 Brook Street in London’s Mayfair for £30.2m, representing a 5.1% net initial yield.
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Pinsent Masons completes deal at Greycoat’s Crown Place
Pinsent Masons has completed its deal to occupy Greycoat’s 30 Crown Place scheme in the City of London.
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Unite shares plunge after results disappoint
Shares in Unite Group, the student accommodation provider, plunged more than 10% today after it reported a disappointing set of annual results.
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Public Property UK: Neill defends Tory plans to fine councils
Conservative shadow planning minister Bob Neill has defended the party’s planning ‘green paper’ against accusations it is unfair to fine councils that don’t meet planning targets.