All Property Week articles in 10 August 2007 – Page 4
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Buy-to-let mortgages hit record levels – Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent
Buy-to-let mortgages accounted for 12% of new loans in the first half of this year, according to a report from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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US banks refuse sub-prime collateral – Financial Times
US banks have started refusing to lend money against hedge funds’ sub-prime credit portfolios.
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Quintain to give trading update as bank bid remains uncertain – Daily Telegraph
Quintain is to update the market on trading activity ahead of next month’s annual meeting, in the face of a possible takeover bid by HBOS.
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Halabi faces £150m loss as bank moves against parent of Esporta – Times, Daily Telegraph
Simon Halabi is facing potential losses of up to £150m after the holding company of Esporta, the health club operator he bought in February, went into administration.
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UK Coal and Gazeley submit Ashby de la Zouch plans
UK Coal and Gazeley have submitted plans to develop a former coal disposal site in Ashby de la Zouch
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Edinburgh office take-up soars 73%
Half-year office take-up in Edinburgh rocketed by 73% compared with the corresponding period in 2006, according to the latest analysis from Jones Lang LaSalle
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ProLogis to pounce on coveted Coventry site
ProLogis is poised to buy a 65 acre slice of the former Peugeot car factory in Coventry for around £40m
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Hammerson plans Westmorland extension
Hammerson has submitted its plans for an extension to Westmorland Retail Park in Cramlington, north of Newcastle.
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Citycon buys Helsinki's Iso Omena mall
Citycon Oyj, a property investment company specialising in retail, has bought the Iso Omena shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland,
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Bench opens in Northen Ireland
Fashion retailer Bench has signed up for its first standalone store in Northern Ireland.
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WYG acquires international finance management specialist
White Young Green (WYG), an engineering consultancy, has bought Management Consultants Group Limited, a specialist consultancy in international public financial management.
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MWB to open four new centres
Serviced office provider MWB Business Exchange has announced it will open four new centres.
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Savills poaches Aviva finance man
Savills has poached Aviva European finance boss Mark Dearsley to take on the role of group finance director.
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Mama buys London music venues - Daily Telegraph, Financial Times
Mama Group has bought a group of London music venues from US corporation Live Nation for £6m.
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Chinese mall developer to list on AIM – Daily Telegraph
Canton Properties, the Hong Kong-based investor in shopping centre developments in mainland China, is set to go ahead with its flotation on AIM.
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Delta’s Sainsbury bid hit by credit crunch - Times
Delta Two’s proposed takeover of Sainsbury’s could be in doubt after the three banks funding the £10.6bn offer have had to go back to their credit committees to extend their financing agreements.
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Tesco raises Dobbies stake - Times
Tesco continued its battle with Sir Tom Hunter for Dobbies by raising its stake to 29.9%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points.
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RICS: fear of new rate rise puts off home buyers - Times
An RICS survey of the housing sector has found that confidence is drying up as would-be purchasers expect interest rates to rise.
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Warner sees buying opportunities in weak market – Financial Times
Warner Estate, the co-investing listed property company, has said that incipient weakness in the commercial property market is a buying opportunity.
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Nord Anglia sells nursery schools – Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Financial Times
Nord Anglia has sold its 88 kindergartens to Australian rival ABC Nurseries for £31.2m, less than half the £73m it paid for them three years ago.