All Property Week articles in 12 February 2010 – Page 6
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Montreal investor sees Canada housing bubble
Stephen Jarislowsky, chairman of Montreal-based investment adviser Jarislowsky Fraser, said he is 'convinced' there’s a bubble in Canada’s housing market, fueled by government measures that encouraged consumers to take on debt.
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Hong Kong developers slam Stamp Duty hike
The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong said the city’s government shouldn’t raise stamp duty on home sales as such a move would punish the middle class trying to improve their living standard.
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Macquarie cuts property trust ties
Macquarie Group agreed to sell stakes in real-estate funds and the rights to manage them for A$297m as the Australian investment bank moves away from its listed funds model.
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North West Property Awards - photos and winners
Peel was the big winner at last night's North West Property Awards in Manchester.
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Beijing commercial space '50% vacant' says expert
Jack Rodman, who has made a career of selling soured property loans from Los Angeles to Tokyo, sees a crash looming in China. He keeps a slide show on his computer of empty office buildings in Beijing, his home since 2002. The tally: 55, with another dozen candidates.
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Property groups see London recovery signs
Shaftesbury said healthy demand for commercial properties in its West End of London heartland had cut the amount of vacant space in its buildings.
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Kensington and Chelsea Council takes on Abu Dhabi royal family
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council is taking on the Abu Dhabi royal family in a spat over a hotel site in the borough.
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Prime property prices plateau
Prime UK property prices reached a plateau in January, ending the extraordinarily sharp recovery in the fourth quarter of last year
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Public sector is poor payer
Public sector clients fail to pay small business suppliers on time in one-third of cases, reports the Federation of Small Businesses and ICM in their survey, Voice of Small Businesses, which was published last Tuesday
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The politics of property: Steven Norris
Unless we’re careful, Olympic legacy could be debt and drab architecture
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Wotherspoon’s new round
Scottish entrepreneur Iain Wotherspoon has set up Caledon Property Group
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New on the Scene
Vue Entertainment is to open its biggest and most technologically advanced multiplex cinema in the UK today
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Targets take their toll on morale
Government targets have demotivated public sector staff and public sector bosses do not have the management skills to address the problem
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Professional Opinion: Steve McGuckin
The public sector isn’t the easy option with cuts due
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Tesco’s Rugby match
Tesco and Travelodge have signed up to anchor the £5m first phase of a £30m regeneration of the Rugby Cattle Market site
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Local Shopping REIT on recovery mission
Local Shopping REIT delivered an upbeat trading update this week and pointed to potential investment opportunities from banks
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White River’s raft of lettings
At White River Place in St Austell, Cornwall, Superdrug has taken a 3,750 sq ft unit on a 10-year lease for £75,000 a year
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Post-Lehman transactions void leads to rent review rows
Lack of rental evidence after September 2008 is leading to more disputes
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Whom to know: Tim Wheeler
Brixton’s ousted chief executive will have to wait until April to defend himself