All articles by Doug Morrison – Page 5
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Online
Chief executive to leave Tchenguiz's Peverel business
Nigel Bannister, the long-standing chief executive of Peverel, the Vincent Tchenguiz-owned housing management group which was placed into administration earlier this week, is to leave the business.
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OnlineResidential once again deliver double-digit returns, IPD says
Residential property has repaid the faith of the relatively small band of institutional investors that favour the sector by once again delivering double-digit returns, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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MarketsHometrack helps homebuyers threatened by ‘down valuing’
Housebuilders use valuation data to set accurate pricing
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NewsHDG Mansur reaches for $500m
US fund manager fundraising for international fund after two-year hiatus
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ProfessionalSwitzerland: "a stress-free zone"
Last September Roger Barris led the management buyout of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s private equity real estate business to create Peakside Capital, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland
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Professional
Expat files: Hong Kong home
In July 2010, Nick Axford, his wife Tina and three young children relocated from London to Hong Kong with CB Richard Ellis
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ProfessionalDubai: work-leisure boundaries blur
Giles Leadbetter established his company Seer Acquisitions in Dubai because of its location
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ProfessionalPARIS: VIA BEIJING AND DELHI
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Paris-based CEO of Europe, the Middle East and Africa corporate solutions, Vincent Lottefier is the firm’s most travelled expat – possibly the sector’s – with eight postings in 15 years
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ProfessionalMoving Abroad: industry experts who taken the big step
Doug Morrison speaks to industry experts who have moved out of the UK
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Online
Think tank urges government to steer clear of 1980s-style enterprise zones
A leading independent think tank has urged the coalition to steer clear of introducing 1980s-style enterprise zones in the March budget as it attempts boost urban regeneration across the UK.
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Markets
Funds to pump £7.5bn into housing
Institutions set aside an extra £1bn for housing at the end of 2010
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Online
Local authority permissions for housebuilding continue to slide, says HBF
Local authority planning permissions for housebuilding continued to slide during the final quarter of 2010, according to the latest Home Builders Federation (HBF).
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OnlineShapps' homes bonus plan draws diverse criticism
Housing minister Grant Shapps has drawn criticism from groups as diverse as countryside campaigners and housebuilders after announcing details of the coalition’s plan to boost residential development with a New Homes Bonus for local authorities.
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MarketsLandlords still at odds with Freud’s rent cap
BPF and Lord Freud square up over government rent collection restrictions.
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MarketsInvestors home in on Covent Garden
Prime residential prices now 30% higher than previous 2007 peak
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MarketsMeath grief leaves poor complaints structure exposed
Leaking pipes and bad management cost residents £1m at east London scheme
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Online
Pension funds and insurance companies poised to invest £1bn in homes for rent
Pension funds and insurance companies are poised to invest £1bn each in building homes for rent in London, according to the British Property Federation (BPF).
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MarketsBudget deficit cuts will exacerbate north-south divide
Centre for Cities report highlights Liverpool and Milton Keynes
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OnlineLord Freud hits back at housing benefit cuts critics
Lord Freud, the Welfare Reform Minister, today hit back at critics of the coalition’s plans to cut housing benefit and rejected claims that the proposals would lead to an exodus of private landlords from the housing benefit sector.
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MarketsGold-plated property for the ‘haves’ of the world, as first rung of ladder eludes ‘have-nots’
Success of luxury home developers like Earlcrown highlights huge disparity between prime and entry-level residential
