All Property Week articles in 25 April 2008 – Page 10
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OnlineJER appoints managing directors
Mark Chamieh and James Green have joined JER Partners as managing directors.
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Housing market decline is accelerating, says Persimmon
Persimmon, the UK's largest housebuilder, warned today that the housing market was deteriorating faster than expected, with the sales decline accelerating in the last three weeks.
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NewsBAA
Click below to access the stories BAA to break up? The break-up of airports operator BAA has moved closer following criticism from the Competition Commission, with Gatwick and Stansted likely to be targeted by potential buyers. BAA may have to sell an airport, says watchdog The Competition Commission ...
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OnlineProLogis European Properties appoints European CEO
ProLogis European Properties (PEPR), the Amsterdam listed shed giant, has appointed Gordon Keiser as its new chief executive.
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Mortgage approvals hit 10-year low
Mortgage approvals by UK banks slumped to the lowest level in a decade last month, the British Bankers’ Association reported yesterday, illustrating the extent to which tighter lending practices are curbing activity in the housing market. Financial Times, The Independent
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GE Real Estate buys €1.3bn loan portfolio
GE Real Estate has bought a €1.3bn (£1.04bn) portfolio of discounted commercial property loans in the UK and Germany from Capmark Europe as it takes advantage of continuing difficulties in the debt markets. Financial Times
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L&S strikes £200m deal with Mid East investor
London & Stamford has agreed a £200m joint venture with a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth investor to buy property in the UK. Financial Times, The Times
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UK farm land price doubles
The price of agricultural land in the UK has doubled in the past 18 months, according to land agents, partly under the influence of overseas buyers. Financial Times
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LSH wins Overground
Lambert Smith Hampton, the property agency, has been appointed to manage the property portfolio of the London Overground, the newly created 50-station train network formed from Transport for London’s acquisition of the Silverlink Metro service. The Times
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Land values up as commodities boom
With prices of commercial and residential property falling, investors are increasingly turning to a more traditional asset: farmland. Long seen as a declining industry, farming has received a fillip in the last few months as global demand for food has increased. As a result, the cost of agricultural holdings across ...
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Landlords 'will not sell to exploit CGT cut'
Very few buy-to-let landlords will take advantage of the cut in capital gains tax this month to offload investment property, according to a survey of the market. Financial Times
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Rock legal fight moves closer
A legal battle between Northern Rock shareholders and the government came a step closer yesterday after Treasury lawyers rejected investor pleas for “fair compensation”. Financial Times, The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Independent
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Trillium final list drawn up
The battle for Trillium, the £2bn outsourcing business owned by Land Securities, intensified after the UK's largest property group chose a final list of bidders to take through to the second round of the auction. Financial Times
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City office market faces 'imminent stress'
The City office market deteriorated faster than any other European city property market last year and now faces 'imminent stress' according to a survey from Moody’s, the credit agency. The Times
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Raven Russia agrees HSH Nordbank financing
Raven Russia, the AIM-listed shed developer, has agreed a €49.1m financing deal with German bank HSH Nordbank for a scheme in Moscow.
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LSH full steam ahead on London Overground property portfolio
Lambert Smith Hampton has won the mandate to manage the property portfolio of the newly created London Overground, a branch of TFL.
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GE picks off Capmark loans
GE Real Estate said today that it had bought €1.3bn (£1bn) of loans from specialist property lender Capmark.
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London & Stamford Property gets £200m boost
London & Stamford Property has received a £200m equity boost from Gulf based Cavendish.
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Henderson set to buy designer outlets
Henderson Global Investors has been given the go-ahead to proceed with the purchase of a portfolio of designer factory outlets for around £375m.
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Colliers High Court hearing finishes
A former director at hotel consultancy HVS International has avoided an injunction in the first round of a High Court battle over confidential documents he allegedly passed to rival consultancy Colliers.
