All Property Week articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 3
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Shaky investors further rattled by Mumbai attacks
The attacks that left dozens dead in India's financial capital have dealt a fresh blow to the country as an investment destination, but India's size and growth will retain their allure over the long term.
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House prices could fall a further 36%
House prices are set to fall a further 36% over the next two years in what could amount to the worst post-war housing crash, according to the price of contracts being traded on the derivatives market.
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Pace of house price falls may be slowing
House prices fell at the slowest pace in a year over the past month but the pain for homeowners is far from over, experts said yesterday.
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Cash the king for struggling property firms
Cost-cutting and cash preservation have become the watch words for a property sector struggling to cope with one of the steepest declines on record.
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Rent bill drives rapid Woolies sales
The race is on to start selling Woolworths’ 800-strong stores portfolio ahead of the next rent bill which is due by Christmas.
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London’s West End is most expensive office location in the world
London’s West End and Moscow remain the world’s two most expensive office markets, respectively, while Hong Kong’s CBD, Tokyo’s Inner Central District and Mumbai’s Nariman Point make the top five, according to CB Richard Ellis’s latest office rent research.
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Cutbacks at Quintain Estates
The priority for Quintain Estates and Development is survival. The group, which has construction projects around Wembley Stadium and the Greenwich Peninsula, said that it was experiencing the most difficult conditions, as it reported a 28% fall in net asset value and a big first-half loss.
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UK Coal signs British Gypsum in Yorkshire
UK Coal has let 210,000 sq ft at Gascoigne Wood, a former mining complex, in one of the largest industrial lettings in Yorkshire this year.
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Helical Bar sees opportunity in slump
For Mike Slade, the property veteran and Helical Bar chief executive, the severe downturn in the commercial property market is a 'once or twice' in a lifetime buying opportunity.
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GM eyes €200m European property sales
General Motors has asked Jones Lang LaSalle to help it raise up to €200m ($257m) from the sale and leaseback of some of its European offices and other property assets.
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Brown pledges to boost mortgage market
Gordon Brown stressed the government’s determination to try to kick-start the mortgage market after yesterday chairing a summit with the construction industry.
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DSG latest retailer to hit skids
DSG International yesterday scrapped dividend payments to conserve cash in the face of the deepening consumer downturn, after the electricals retailer recorded a first-half loss.
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Eurozone set for 50 basis point rate cut
Eurozone official interest rates are almost certain to be slashed again next week by at least half a percentage point after a survey yesterday showed the region facing its worst downturn since the recession of the early 1990s.
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Supermarket expansion heralds opportunities for investors
Supermarket expansion is creating opportunities for developers and investors to enter the food sector.
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Supermarkets’ sweet
Supermarket expansion is creating opportunities for developers and investors to enter the food sector.
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ProfessionalStaying on at will
Some time ago I let a prospective tenant into occupation of my property while negotiations for a lease to be outside of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 continued.
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Testino snaps up studio
Mario Testino, the world-famous photographer, and financial company Tradefair have taken almost 20,000 sq ft between them at west London’s Notting Dale.
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Regatta Quay scores three
City Living Developments has completed a trio of leisure lettings at its 250,000 sq ft scheme Regatta Quay, Ipswich.
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InsightQuinlan’s privateers
Quinlan Private has ridden the Irish boom and plans to survive any bust by going global. Deirdre Hipwell reports from Dublin.
