All Brexit analysis articles – Page 4
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NewsUK commercial investment falls 15% in Q1 amid Brexit delays
Investment activity in the UK commercial property market tumbled by 15% in the first quarter of 2019 thanks to uncertainties caused by Brexit, according to data from JLL.
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Insight
Article 50 extension may have been worst option
Editor: Property investors pursuing purely opportunistic strategies will be disappointed with last week’s agreed Article 50 extension, which postponed an imminent hard Brexit. Likewise, real estate brokers looking for market movement will have found little to be cheerful about given extended uncertainty (PropertyWeek.com).
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Insight
Brexit: remain and get the best deal
Editor: I write in response to some of the claims Richard Tice made in his letter supporting his view that the UK should leave the EU for our economic benefit .
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News
Six-month extension to Brexit deadline dashes upturn hopes
Firm reports 27.6% year-on-year fall in Q1 deal volumes as prolonged Brexit uncertainty dampens market
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Online
Parliament’s restorative dome
Given the mood of the country, pitchforking parliamentarians into a shed in Tamworth and bulldozing their decaying talking shop would win more votes than spending £4bn restoring the Palace of Westminster. Insurers may view the shower (water, not people) that caused the Brexit debate to be suspended on 4 April ...
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Markets
Trade brands buck retail slump
Investors target trade counters as tenant demand grows and supply is squeezed.
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Professional
Canary Wharf’s lawyer braced for new twists in EMA dispute
Clifford Chance’s Ben Hatton outlines what he thinks will happen next in the legal battle with the EMA
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News
Most London boroughs failing to build enough
Knight Frank’s Patrick Gower says ‘mixed bag’ of ‘challenging conditions’ is to blame
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Insight
Politicians crush confidence
The stoicism of the British shopper has been reaffirmed since the EU referendum. Putting rabid remainers and leavers to one side – people who frankly deserve each other (Jacob Rees-Mogg and Anna Soubry should help the nation by eloping and going somewhere else) – despite the wearing political chaos, folks ...
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Insight
Logistics thriving across Europe
Mipim last week was dominated by talk of Brexit – in everything other than the logistics world, where we continue to see far bigger structural drivers at play.
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Insight
A growing footprint in commercial real estate
Aldermore is concentrating on widening the asset classes it supports to diversify its portfolio
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Online
Mipim offers opportunity to meet and collaborate with Belfast developers
There is little doubt Brexit will be dominating many discussions at Mipim this year.
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Insight
Is industry in denial over Brexit impact?
Two thirds of the real estate firms contacted by Property Week a month ago had nothing to say about the UK’s departure from the EU. David Parsley asks why there is a wall of silence around the issue
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Insight
Brexit silence is deafening
Two decades ago, I spent a couple of years writing dire warnings about planes falling out of the sky, the army keeping the peace on the streets and the lights going out across the world.
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Insight
How to secure debt for new sectors
Despite all the Brexit uncertainties, the fundamentals of UK residential remain: plentiful rental demand; favourable demographics; and consumers wanting ‘everything as a service’. Institutional interest in the sector is strong. Last year, we secured a partnership with Harrison Street and NFU Mutual to help fund the 6,500-apartment build-to-rent (BTR) pipeline ...
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News
Sidra expands UK portfolio with Glasgow retail park buy
Saudi-backed investor says it remains committed to UK market despite short-term Brexit uncertainties
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Insight
Is the urban renaissance over?
Like many Londoners, I have been worrying about the possible effects of Brexit on our city.
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Insight
Housing broken but not unfixable
Despite Brexit stealing the limelight, housing remains a top government priority. In fact, there is rare cross-Whitehall agreement that the UK’s housing market is broken and innovation is urgently needed in the supply chain.
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Insight
How real estate will fare in 2019
Despite the changing political landscape, 2018 was a strong year for many parts of the property industry, but what will the other side of 29 March look like? Freeths gathered a panel of experts to discuss what is in store.
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News
Court rules in favour of Canary Wharf in Brexit ‘frustration’ case
The High Court has ruled in favour of Canary Wharf Group over its claim that Brexit did not amount to ‘frustration’ of the European Medicines Agency’s 25-year, £500m lease.
