All Property Week articles in 11 September 2009 – Page 4
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Co-op green light for Manchester HQ
Co-operative Group was last night given planning permission for a 325,000 sq ft headquarters in Manchester.
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US commercial property deal lowest for 18 years
Commercial-property sales in the US this year are forecast to fall to the lowest in almost two decades as the industry endures its worst slump since the savings and loan crisis of the early 1990s.
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Poland's Peasants Party urges land sale
Poland could raise as much as 10 billion zloty ($3.5 billion) from the sale of state-owned land to trim next year’s record budget deficit, said Stanislaw Zelichowski, leader of the Polish Peasants party.
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Indian billionaire's property firm set for IPO
Godrej Properties, controlled by Indian billionaire Adi Godrej, plans an initial share sale in the next three months to fund low-cost housing projects.
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Dubai prices plunge as speculators flee
House prices in Dubai plummeted 47% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the steepest drop of any market, according to Knight Frank, as speculators left the Persian Gulf business hub.
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Emaar pins hopes on fee waiver
Emaar hopes its offer to waive maintenance fees for a year will help it to sell empty new homes on the site of the world’s tallest tower.
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Kuwait property sales slide 38%
Kuwaiti property sales fell 37.9% in the year to July, official data showed on Thursday.
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Sydney top property feels downturn pinch
The global financial crisis has cut deep into Sydney's top end housing market through a 45 per cent reduction in gross sales values.
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Seized Madoff homes come to market
Those interested in a Madoff lair, courtesy of the government, now have three to choose from.
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Shopping centre development in Europe is set be at its lowest level in five years in 2010 and 2011.
Cushman & Wakefield predicts that 2010 will see only 7m sq m of new space open while 2011 will see 5m sq m to open across Europe, the lowest figure since 2003.
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Galliford set to double housing business
Galliford Try will raise a net £119m from shareholders to double the size of its housebuilding business.
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Morgan pledges rebuild Redrow
Steve Morgan, Redrow’s founder, pledged to rebuild the group after reporting the worst trading results in the builder’s history.
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House price fall expected despite rally
Housing analysts are increasingly predicting the likelihood of a W-shaped cycle where the recent house price bounce tails off and falls back in 2010 before recovering again in 2012.
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House prices up
Figures from Halifax showed that average house prices rose by 0.8% during August, the fourth month since the start of 2009 in which the lender has recorded an increase and taking the total annual fall in house prices to 10.1%.
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Stimulus funds boost construction
Public spending showed signs of making a much needed impact on the construction industry as government stimulus money helped drive new orders in the sector.
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Rates held on signs of normality
The Bank of England signalled the economy was on its way back to normality yesterday when it left monetary policy unchanged and felt no need to explain its decision.
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Shortlist announced for gasholder design at King's Cross
Five designs have been shortlisted for the redevelopment of a former gasholder at King’s Cross.
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Swindon wins
Muse’s planned Union Square has to compete with Swindon’s bargain £5/sq ft office rents
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Storm troopers
Attempting the Three Peaks Challenge in August, when the weather is better, seems like a sensible idea