All Property Week articles in 05 November 2010 – Page 7
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Markets
Barratt, Berkeley and co break ground in London
Construction started on 6,784 private-sale homes on 101 development sites across London during the first nine months of 2010, says research consultant Molior London
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Markets
Partner to pick up baton from fainthearted banks
Mainstream banks may still baulk at the prospect of backing residential development. But their loss is others’ gain, particularly in central London, where demand outstrips supply and sterling’s weakness continues to attract overseas buyers
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Markets
St Modwen scales back in Hatfield
The regeneration of Hatfield town centre is making progress, after a slow start
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Insight
Rates of attrition
Re: Spending Review: Osborne confirms new council spending powers (propertyweek.com, 20.10.10).Although the introduction of TIFs (tax-increment finance schemes) will be a welcome boost to development, we must be mindful of formidable practical problems to be overcome in using business rates values as the measure of the increment.The success of TIFs ...
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News
Capita Symonds’ new arm
Capita Symonds has created a specialist real estate division, following its acquisition of NB Real Estate earlier this year
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News
Gusset management apology
We apologise to Rob Russell at Russell Property Consultants for the embarrassment and humiliation the article “Gusset management” (Ludgate, 29.10.10) caused. The piece was untrue and inaccurate.
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News
Allied Irish reviews sale of UK arm
Allied Irish Bank this week said it was reviewing the sale of its remaining UK business because of “challenging” conditions for the disposal
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Professional
Forget the middle man, we’re all brokers now, says David Taylor
A few years ago, “disintermediation” was a buzzword in our industry. Wikipedia defines it as the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain. In other words, it is cutting out the middle man.
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Insight
Calling all sharp shooters
Property Week and Drivers Jonas Deloitte have teamed up again this year for our property industry photography competition
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News
Aldermanbury sale withdrawn
German property fund manager Commerz Real has withdrawn 10 Aldermanbury Square in the City of London from sale
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News
Administrators poised in City
One of the largest development sites in the City of London is on the brink of going into administration, Property Week has learnt
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News
St Martins’ £750m sale out of blocks
One of the largest property sales since the downturn came about this week, as St Martins brought a £750m portfolio to the market
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News
Pentagon portfolio sold for £36.5m
Aviva Investors has sold a portfolio of five south east offices to Knight Frank Investors for £36.5m, reflecting a net initial yield of 9.5%.
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News
Bradford & Bingley to sell £250m loan book
Nationalised bank Bradford Bingley has put a £250m commercial property loan book up for sale, in one of the first instances of a UK bank selling part of its loan book since the start of the downturn
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News
Refinancing costs to spike in 2012
Borrowers with outstanding real estate loans should refinance sooner rather than later or face tougher terms and increasing difficulty in extending loans
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Insight
20-30-40-50: Colliers International senior surveyor Alex Hill
Every week, we meet a property person from a different age group. This week, Nick Johnstone talks to 27-year-old Alex Hill, senior surveyor at Colliers International and motorbike adventurer
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News
Bids in for Ballymore’s 2 Snowhill
The longrunning saga that surrounds the funding of the 2 Snowhill office development in Birmingham moved a step closer to its conclusion this week
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News
Highcross to bankroll £110m debt buyout
Highcross is backing a prospective £110m debt buyout in an attempt to capitalise on overleveraged assets
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Online
Asia leading the way in industrial rent recovery
Asia is leading the way in a global industrial markets rental recovery, research from CB Richard Ellis has shown.