All Property Week articles in 13 November 2009 – Page 6
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Brum market driven by smaller deals
Birmingham’s office leasing market will be driven by market churn in the sub-10,000 sq ft market over the next year, with some new larger requirements, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
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OnlineCalthorpe Estates appoints director of estates
Birmingham-based Calthorpe Estates has appointed former CIT Group director Tim Abbotts to the newly created role of director of estates.
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OnlineThe Savoy signs jewellery chain Boodles
The Savoy, the world famous luxury hotel in London, has signed up upmarket British jewellery chain Boodles as part of its £100m renovation of the hotel.
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Emirates construction 'to return to growth in 2011'
Construction output in the Emirates will contract until the end of next year, but start to grow again at an annual rate of at least 5 per cent between 2011 and 2020, a report says.
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Taipei house prices set to beat China
Taipei’s residential prices may rise 15% in 2010, more than in Singapore, Hong Kong and China, because there is more competition among homebuyers in Taiwan’s capital, according to CLSA Ltd. analyst Tayher Lim.
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New Zealands October house index jumps 1.3%
New Zealand house prices increased in October, adding to signs that record-low interest rates are helping the property market recover.
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GPT unwinds hedges to cut interest
Property trust GPT Group today said it unwound its A$1.2bn of excess offshore interest rate hedges at a cost of A$152m to simplify its financial position and reduce interest costs.
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Sale of Halabi London offices planned
The £1bn ($1.7bn) portfolio of central London offices owned by the family trusts of tycoon Simon Halabi is being lined up for sale by the servicer and administrator of the securitised debt behind the properties.
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Three portfolios for sale
More than £150m of property spread across three portfolios has been put up for sale this week.
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Starbucks wakes up and smells coffee with new look
Starbucks has unveiled a new look for its UK stores to improve sales as part of a global push to turn its fortunes around.
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Bridges Ventures dips toe into ethical property
Bridges Ventures, the social investing venture capital firm set up by Sir Ronald Cohen, is to target the property sector for the first time.
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Buy-to-let landlords see light at the end of the tunnel
Buy-to-let landlords are dipping their toes back into the property market for the first time in two years amid signs of a house price recovery.
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Minister attacks subprime lenders on arrears
John Healey, housing minister, will lambast subprime lenders on Friday for failing to show restraint towards borrowers who are falling behind on repayments.
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NewsSugar: you're uninspired
“Moaners … living in Disneyland” is how Sir Alan Sugar described small businesses that cannot secure bank loans last week
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MarketsShed take-up spike ‘unsustainable’
West Midlands industrial take-up leapt in the third quarter, but some in the market fear that this is a blip not a recovery
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News
RICS redundancies
The RICS has asked us to point out that the redundancies it announced last week will come from the RICS library and RICS Books and Publishing, not just the RICS library.
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OnlineSchroders: Outlook for residential property
"After twelve years of rising house prices, the UK house price bubble finally burst in November 2007. Values have since fallen at the fastest recorded decline and by February 2009 they were 21% below their peak, matching the nominal fall in house prices from the recession of the 1990s. Since ...
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Insight
The politics of property: Steven Norris
A Tory election victory is far from a foregone conclusion
