All Property Week articles in 7 May 2010 – Page 3
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AH Medical bid pursuit ends
Primary Health Properties, the primary healthcare property company, has given up its pursuit of rival AH Medical Properties.
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Tower deal signals improving market
In one of the city's biggest real-estate deals since the downturn, SL Green Realty Corp. is selling a stake in the trophy McGraw-Hill building on Sixth Avenue for $500m to raise cash for a buying spree.
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China house prices drop a fifth amid discounts
Mainland home prices have tumbled by as much as 19 %this month as developers resort to wide-scale price discounting in a bid to lure wary buyers back to the stagnating property market.
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Saudi bin Laden unit sets up development arm
Jiwar Real Estate Management & Marketing, a unit of the Saudi Bin Laden Group, has announced plans to set up a development division with paid-up capital of SR250m ($66.6m).
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Hong Kong to boost land supply despite missed targets
Hong Kong’s government pledged to continue to boost land supply as it tries to cool the property market, a day after its first auction of the fiscal year fetched almost a third less than surveyors’ estimates.
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Australia home loans dip 3.4% on borrowing costs rise
Australian home-loan approvals fell in March for a sixth straight month after central bank Governor Glenn Stevens boosted borrowing costs and the government cut grants to first-time buyers.
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Home prices rise in 91 US cities in Q1
Home prices rose in 91 US cities in the first quarter as states hard hit by foreclosures began to recover and a tax credit cut the number of properties for sale.
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Cameron gets green light for £6bn savings
The Conservative party’s plan to cut “deep and fast” on public spending in the next financial year has been given the green light by the new Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition government.
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David Cameron is new PM in Con-Lib Dem alliance
Conservative Party leader David Cameron has taken up the role of prime minister and will today work on finalising the key members of his government, which will be an alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.
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More cash for borrowers who buy to let
The buy-to-let market is set for a strong rebound if demand for private rented accommodation continues to increase until 2014 as expected.
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Development Securities exchanges on deal to buy MEN arena
Development Securities has exchanged contracts to buy the Manchester Evening News (MEN) Arena for more than £60m as tipped by Property Week on 12.02.10.
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Rics: House prices to see election bounce as buyers return to market
House prices will keep rising in the wake of the election despite an increase in the number of properties on the market, said the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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Leigh town centre plans get go ahead
Salmon Harvester has got the go ahead for a £50m, 150,000 sq ft mixed use development on Spinning Jenny Way in Leigh town centre.
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GVA Grimley/Henley Business School: Corporate Real Estate Survey
"The period from autumn 2009 to spring 2010 has been one of change with the UK economy finally coming out of a recession that lasted six quarters and was the longest and one of the deepest recessions of all of the G7 economies.
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Knight Frank: Global Real Estate Markets 2010
"At the start of 2009, nearly every global office market was in the midst of a period of weak occupier demand, falling rents and rising vacancy rates. As the year progressed, however, there was a divergence in the fortunes of the major global markets, as some showed early signs of ...
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DTZ Property Times: Edinburgh Q1 2010
"Occupier activity increased in Q1 and city centre take-up rose 70% to 141,000 sq ft. Lease events and opportunism continued to account for the bulk of transactional activity – most prominent this quarter were the more competitive deals secured at Waverley Gate after the owner’s administration.
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£40m hotel planned for Barking town centre
A car park in Barking town centre is to be redeveloped into a 21-storey hotel under plans announced today.
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Aviva Investors confirms Best Buy in Bristol
Aviva Investors has confirmed its letting to US electrical retailer Best Buy at its Centaurus Retail Park at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
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Farlane Property Group has gone into administration
Farlane property group has been placed into administration today
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Cheshire West and Chester plans £200m property sales
Cheshire West and Chester council wants to sell £200m of property in the next decade, including council offices and business and retail parks.