All Property Week articles in 29 August 2008 – Page 7
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Markets
Police authority makes £7.25m Stafford statement
Watchdog takes 50,000 sq ft at Staffordshire Technology Park in region’s biggest sale of 2008
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Professional
Who’s suing whom - 29 August 2008
A traveller won his appeal on 1 July against an enforcement notice requiring him to remove his mobile home from the green belt.
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News
Segro seeks help on £2m empty rates bill
GL Hearn to advise as charges predicted to hit £6m by year end
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Online
Investor pulls out of £190m ING deal
Deal falls through on City property for second time in jittery market
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News
Unite sells £179m of student digs
Student accommodation specialist Unite has sold two portfolios of assets for £179m, at 2.8% above December valuations.
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Online
Mountgrange and Curzon club together for £140m portfolio
Chande and Myers’ purchase of Prupim assets brightens UK market gloom
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Professional
Case news: Platform Funding v Bank of Scotland (31.07.08) and (Manton Securities v Nazam (17.07.08)
Warren Gordon reports on a case revealing the danger for valuers of getting the wrong property, while Jonathan Ross highlights a ruling showing that even unofficial tenants can gain lease rights
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News
Segro concern over empty rates as values dip
Segro has raised further concerns about a tax on empty property after revealing that it had cost the company £2m since its introduction in April.
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News
A&L cuts hints at competition return
Alliance & Leicester has cut the rates on some of its most popular home loans – signalling that competition may be creeping back into the mortgage market.
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News
Lenders put pressure on Foxtons
Lenders to Foxtons have seized control of the restructuring of the beleaguered upmarket estate agency chain by bringing in their own debt advisers.
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News
Taylor Wimpey falls but reassures on debt
Taylor Wimpey has not yet reached a deal to restructure its debt but expects an agreement by the end of the year, the housebuilder said as it reported a collapse in interim profits.
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News
Irish move revives fear of tax exodus
Fears of a corporate exodus from Britain were re-ignited yesterday when Henderson Group, one of Europe’s largest investment managers, said it was considering moving its tax base to Ireland.
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News
Lib Dems reject homeowner safety net
Setting up a new safety net for homeowners who lose their jobs would be 'phenomenally expensive' and impractical, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, said yesterday as he predicted a worsening in the housing market.
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News
Costain up by a quarter
Costain the construction group based in Berkshire, reported a 26% rise in first-half pre-tax profits to £10.1m, thanks to its public sector work, and revealed a record order book.
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News
White City full despite economy
Westfield has almost entirely filled its new White City shopping mall in west London in spite of the deteriorating economic environment for retailers.
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Online
Aseana buys into Vietnam health-themed venture
Aseana Properties, the London-listed Asian property developer, has purchased a half stake in a $420m (£230m) mixed-use property in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Online
Grosvenor signs residential leasing deal at Liverpool One
Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster’s property company, has signed an agreement with two residential specialists to lease more than 170 apartments at its Liverpool One development.
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News
My property life and my real life collide..
Property Week features correspondent Christine Eade is the latest PW writer to enter the Blogosphere.
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Online
Westfield quiet on Liberty as Simon builds stake
Australian shopping centre giant Westfield remained tight lipped over its purchase of a 3% stake in Liberty International at its half-year results last night.