All Property Week articles in 30 October 2009 – Page 3
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Fed likely to signal economy improving, keep interest rates low
Federal Reserve officials may today indicate their $1 trillion injection into the economy is helping to revive growth without requiring an increase in interest rates from near zero, economists said.
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Steve Smith and Charles Maudsley to join British Land
British Land this morning appointed two fund managers to its board.
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Sternlicht Wagers on Greenwich Rebound by Raising Home Price
Real estate investor Barry Sternlicht is betting the Greenwich, Connecticut, housing market is making a comeback.
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Simon Marrison to assume control of LaSalle Investment Management's European business
Simon Marrison, LaSalle’s co-head of Europe for LaSalle Investment Management , is to become sole head of the European business following Charles Maudsley’s decision to join British Land.
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Falconer attacks Tory Thames Gateway policy
Former Cabinet minister Lord Falconer today attacked "localism and cuts" he claims are planned for the Thames Gateway by the Conservatives.
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Moody’s “sceptical” of property market recovery
Weaker occupational markets and adverse tenant performance across European property markets are having an increasingly negative impact on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), says Moody's Investors Service in its latest surveillance report for the sector.
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Secretary of State approves £500m Purfleet scheme
The government has today given a double regeneration and skills boost for the Thames Gateway.
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MORNING AFTER: Reading Real Estate Foundation's Annual Alumni Dinner
More than 200 Reading University alumni gathered for the 8th annual alumni dinner last week.
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Robert Houston to join UBS as senior adviser and investment committee chair
Former ING global head Robert Houston has been appointed as a senior adviser to UBS Global Real Estate and will chair the investment committees for UBS’s Triton, South East Recovery Fund and Secure Income property funds.
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House prices rise for fourth consecutive month
House prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in October, and are now 7.1% higher than the market trough in April, the Halifax house price index has said.
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Sir Terry Farrell plan for Thames Gateway parkland
Sir Terry Farrell, the acclaimed architect and government-appointed “design champion” for the Thames Gateway, claimed that a new masterplan for a “parklands landscape” could add £2.5bn to residential values in the region.
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Inland submits plans to develop 755 homes at West Drayton
Inland has today submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of the site of the National Air Traffic Control centre in West Drayton.
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Green light for £50m Lisburn industrial hub
Eaglemount Properties and Killultagh Properties have been given planning permission to develop a £50m development at the industrial hub at Knockmore Hill in Lisburn in Northern Ireland.
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Government bail-out plan: Lloyds is out but RBS in
Royal Bank of Scotland and the UK Treasury have finalised terms for the bank’s involvement in the government’s asset protection scheme (APS), but rival bank Lloyds Banking Group has withdrawn from the scheme.
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Thames Gateway will be hit by public spending cuts
Joe Montgomery, director general of Communities and Local Government, gave warning at the Thames Gateway Forum in London today that the region would be hit by the current public spending squeeze.
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Valuation accuracy holds steady in Europe says RICS
The accuracy of commercial property valuations fell slightly in the UK last year but increased in three of largest property investment markets in Europe “despite unprecedented circumstances”, according to the RICS.
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New York's Woolworth Building may fall to Italians
The Woolworth Building, the neo-Gothic Manhattan skyscraper that was once the world’s tallest building and a symbol of American capitalism, may soon gain Italian owners.
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Dubai's rise for first time since peak
Dubai house prices rose 7% in the third quarter, marking the first increase since prices plummeted from their peak, Colliers International said.
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China regulators to review debt levels
China’s banking regulator plans to review debt levels at some real-estate developers on concern the companies’ borrowings are fuelling excessive gains in property prices, a person familiar with the matter said.