All Property Week articles in 07 August 2009 – Page 6
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Gulf off plan deals 'dead'
Off-plan property sales are ‘dead’ and prices continue to slide, Mohanad Alwadiya, managing director of property adviser Harbor Real Estate has said.
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UAE investors most active in Lebanon
UAE investors spent more than $1.1bn on Lebanese property projects last year, making them the most active Arab investors in the country.
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Hydra could scrap all overseas projects
Hydra Properties may scrap its entire portfolio of international projects, with several UAE projects also set to be scrapped, downsized, put on hold or sold to a new developer.
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Mainland China surge continues
The Chinese property market continued to heat up last month, with home prices and sales accelerating from the pace recorded in the first half.
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Maguire losses riseon write-downs
Maguire Properties's second-quarter loss widened on write-downs as the developer's revenue was flat.
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The North-South returns
The North-South divide, that long-disputed, geographically contentious, sometimes bleak and often bitter economic fault line across the heart of England, reopened just a little further yesterday. New figures showed that house prices rebounded in London and the South West last month, but continued to tumble in the North and in ...
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Average mortgage deposit triples
Homeowners have seen the size of the deposit they need to put down for a mortgage triple during the past two years, research showed yesterday.
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Market recovery hope curbed by suuply concerns
Estate agents are increasingly optimistic that the housing market is recovering but a shortage of supply may be producing a falsely buoyant picture, according to a closely-watched survey published today.
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Homes 'too small'
New-build homes are too small for everyday living, according to a survey. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment found that 57% of new-build occupants do not have enough storage, 37% do not have enough space to entertain and 47% do not have space for all of their furniture. ...
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Ireland set to reshape its system
Ireland’s bad bank, which plans to buy soured commercial property loans from the Irish lenders, will help reshape Dublin banking, leading to mergers, closures and reduced competition in the industry, analysts and banking trade union leaders say.
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Morgan Sindall eyes caution
Falls in public sector spending could drive acquisitions and bankruptcies in the construction sector over the coming years, according to John Morgan, executive chairman of Morgan Sindall.
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Scepticism over Lloyds' £15bn plan
Lloyds plans to raise an estimated £15bn-£20bn in a rights issue to reduce its reliance on the government face a wall of scepticism in Whitehall and among investors.
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Fairview wins backing for £150m Colindale scheme
The London borough of Barnet have given unanimous backing for the Fairview new Homes proposals for the regeneration of the former Colindale Hospital and Station House sites.
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ING sells Isle of Man office for £7.1m
ING UK Real Estate Income Trust has sold Royal London House in the Isle of Man to the tenant of the building.
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Brixton board approves Segro takeover
The board of Brixton today told the stock exchange that its shareholders have approved the takeover of Brixton by Segro.
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London still top UK city but northern hubs catching up
London remains the most desirable city in the UK to live and work in, but northern cities York and Edinburgh follow closely behind, according to a new survey.
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Leisure group Holidaybreak has bought a 150-acre site in Liddington, Wiltshire, from the administrators of the previous owner, The Liddington Hotel.
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Wallop Estates buys in Croydon
Wallop Estates, through investment firm Nightingale Partners, has bought three industrial units in Croydon for £4.6m from the RREEF UK Industrial Fund.
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McArthurGlen is set to open its 18th designer outlet village in Salzburg on September 10th within 5 minutes of the W A Mozart Airport as part of the expansion over the German speaking regions of Europe.
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Cardiff office block goes up in seconds (video)
Cardiff Bay’s new landmark offices - 3 Assembly Square - opened last month, reflecting a significant commitment by the building’s owner, global asset manager Aviva Investors, to the real estate market in Cardiff.
