All Property Week articles in 28 October 2016 – Page 5
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Insight
Housebuilders rally after Brexit vote but clouds loom
Housebuilders’ shares took a battering on the markets following the EU referendum, with the sector tanking 36% in value in two days’ trading, but shares have since rallied following a series of positive trading updates and signs the government is prepared to boost housebuilding.
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Online
UK revenues grow 8% for CBRE in Q3
CBRE has reported 8% growth in third quarter UK revenues in local currency terms – but global profits suffered a net $12.9m currency hit partly due to the drop in the value of the pound.
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News
Smashing aces for charity
LandAid is looking to serve up an ace third Mipim Tennis Classic next year and is eyeing a record £20,000 in donations.
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News
Plans for 900 extra homes at Clapham Park
Metropolitan Housing Association is planning to increase the size of its huge development at the Clapham Park Estate in south London by more than a third by building an extra 900 homes.
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News
SDL sells priciest Brum property
SDL Bigwood sold the most expensive house ever to go under the hammer in Birmingham at its 20 October auction.
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Markets
Luton FC takes on council in match to decide where stadium will sit
For a football club in League Two, Luton Town has property development ambitions worthy of the Premier League.
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Markets
Revitalised Theatre District could give Milton Keynes a boost
Next year marks 50 years since Milton Keynes was granted the royal charter to create the UK’s last new town.
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News
Curlew agrees to fund student units in Durham
Curlew Student Trust has agreed to forward-fund the 253-unit student accommodation element of Clearbell Capital’s £30m The Riverwalk scheme in Durham.
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News
Condren hired to lead Hightower’s European expansion
US proptech firm Hightower has poached Eoin Condren from WP Carey to head its European commercial operations.
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Insight
Heathrow expansion is essential if the UK is to maintain global position post Brexit
This week’s much-anticipated announcement confirming the expansion of Heathrow Airport as the preferred option to address issues of airport capacity in the South East sends a strong message to the rest of the world that London is ‘open for business’, and is proactively investing in its future as a global ...
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News
Khan's discount flats plan could 'kill off' build-to-rent, industry warns
London mayor Sadiq Khan could “kill off” the build-to-rent (BTR) sector in the capital if he goes ahead with plans to make developers offer flats for rent at a heavier-than-expected discount, industry experts have warned.
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News
Waterfield: ‘killer’ surcharge not helping first-time buyers
The 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes is “a killer” that is not doing what it’s supposed to do, according to Philip Waterfield of Strettons.
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News
Top names invest in leasing tool for SMEs
A group of investors, including JLL’s former European head Robert Orr, has backed a proptech venture that acts as an online commercial property marketplace for small businesses.
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News
Next to anchor innovative Hull shopping centre extension
Next has agreed to anchor the £20m outlet extension at Hull’s Princes Quay, which is set to become the UK’s first “hybrid shopping centre” by bringing outlet and full-price retail under one roof.
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News
MP’s rates debate escape
It appears Property Week’s tenacious questioning technique may have backfired on us at Mipim UK after MP Marcus Jones - seemingly fearful of a grilling from our very own analysis and professional editor Adam ‘Paxman’ Branson - pulled out of his scheduled appearance at the session on business rates.
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Professional
Naismiths' Birmingham office welcomes Bevan as director
Mark Bevan has been made a director at commercial property and construction consultancy Naismiths’ Birmingham office.
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News
Score an Essex FC at Allsop sale
Allsop hopes to hit the back of the net with a football club being offered for sale at its November residential auction.
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News
Separated at birth: Sondra Locke and Helen Moorhouse
One is an American actress and film director, Sondra Locke, and the other is the events manager at architectural firm BDP, Helen Moorhouse. But can you tell who’s who?
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Online
Landaid Mipim Tennis Classic 2017 launches at Mipim UK
The third LandAid MIPIM Tennis Classic 2017, known as #MakeARacket, was launched at MIPIM UK on Wednesday 19 October.
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Markets
Office rents in Hertfordshire towns lag behind those in prime M25 spots
Offices in Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford and Welwyn Garden City are poor relations of other key towns around the M25 when it comes to rents, and that income gap is widening.