All Property Week articles in 16 September 2011 – Page 6
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News
Land Securities ‘plain English’ contract has 100th use
Land Securities is celebrating its 100th retail letting on which the tenant has signed a Clearlet lease — a contract that aims to simplify leasing terms
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Professional
Top 10: tips for car park landlords
Here are some points that car park asset managers and landlords should contemplate to better understand their car parks.1. AbuseEnforcement is a sensitive issue, but drivers do abuse car parks, so regulation is required. Ensure that any third party you hire for this purpose is a member of the Approved ...
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Dutch pension fund digs into £1bn of student homes
PGGM to refinance Universities Partnerships Programme’s debt after purchase from Barclays Capital
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Brookfield buys Bethesda Metro Center for $150.1m
Brookfield Office Properties has bought a 17-storey office tower in the US capital, Washington, for $150.1m
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RESI 2011: Housing associations will be forced into widescale consolidation
Housing associations will be forced into widescale consolidation as a result of the government’s swingeing cuts in the funding of affordable housing
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RESI 2011: Leading industry players support the government’s controversial planning reforms
Leading industry players voiced their broad support for the government’s controversial planning reforms but Eric Pickles did not emerge without criticism today at RESI
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RESI 2011 Blog: 'Capital preservation should be the main focus of any investment decision’
This would have been music to the ears of the 1050 delegates at today’s RESI 2011 after a sombre presentation from HSBC Global head of asset allocation Fredrik Nerbrand
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RESI 2011: Eurozone crisis could be "worse than Lehman Brothers" says HSBC expert
If the banking crisis in the Eurozone significantly worsens it will be more damaging than the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Fredrik Nerbrand, head of global asset allocation at HSBC, told a packed RESI 2011 conference this morning
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RESI 2011: Pickles backs Property Week's planning campaign
Communities secretary Eric Pickles today welcomed Property Week’s Campaign for Sustainable Development in a keynote speech to delegates at the RESI conference in south Wales
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RESI 2011: Pickles: We want Britain building again
Communities secretary Eric Pickles said this morning that the government’s localism agenda was “here to stay” in a wide-ranging speech to delegates at the RESI 2011 conference in south Wales.
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Residential development fund launched
A property fund focusing on land for residential developments has been launched as a joint venture involving a Yorkshire developer
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RESI 2011: BPF chief criticises government's austerity measures
British Property Federation president Toby Courtauld said today that the government’s spending cuts were too drastic.
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Insight
Westfield shows development is force for good
2,000 local unemployed in work; 14,000 new jobs on the opening day; 75% of electrical power from on–site combined cooling, heat and power; 50% retail waste recycled; 58 trains an hour connecting with central London
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RESI 2011: Property Week launches pro-development campaign
Property Week today launches a “Campaign for Sustainable Development”, calling for readers’ support for development that will help revive the UK.
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Home in a mess? Call in the professionals
We all want our home to look stylish and welcoming, but not everyone wants to spend time co-ordinating contractors and choosing the decoration and furnishings. Or perhaps you simply accept that you don’t have an eye for colour or a feel for proportion.
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UK housing market remains subdued during August
The UK housing market remained subdued during August, as economic uncertainty and lack of mortgage finance impacted on the number of property sales, says the RICS