All articles by Emma Haslett – Page 5
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MarketsCountrywide continues to build lettings agency empire
Acquisitive agency on lookout for more regional takeover targets. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsCountrywide continues to build lettings agency empire
Acquisitive agency on lookout for more regional takeover targets. Emma Haslett reports
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OnlineLights, camera, action for Crown Estate at BAFTA HQ
The Crown Estate is under offer to buy the iconic Princes House on Piccadilly, the headquarters of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The group is paying around £86m for the building.
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OnlineFord speeds into Bristol industrial park
Ford Retail has signed the first pre-let for a 14,405 sq ft showroom at Goodman’s Northfield Park industrial estate in Bristol.
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OnlineNairobi tops global prime residential rent growth list
Prime residential rents across the world rose by less than 2% in the year to March, the weakest annual rate of growth since the final quarter of 2009, a report by Knight Frank has found.
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OnlineRevenues hit the roof at United House
Developer and contractor United House says revenues for the year to the end of December rose to £239m, from £201m in 2010.
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OnlineInvesco sells Paris building to Swiss Life Assurance
Invesco Real Estate has sold the Paris headquarters of French food manufacturer Casino Group to Swiss Life Assurance et Patrimoine.
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OnlineJP Morgan fund buys Paris assets
An institutional property fund advised by JP Morgan Asset Management has bought two buildings in Paris.
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MarketsCrest Nicholson’s starring role at Surrey studios
Film studio site to be redeveloped in £500m mixed-use scheme. Emma Haslett reports
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OnlineCordea Savills raises £25m for prime resi fund
International property investment manager Cordea Savills has raised £25m in the first tranche of funding for its Prime London Residential Fund.
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OnlineMay house prices flourish
House prices increased on a like-for-like basis in May for the first time in 13 months, according to figures by LSL Property Services and Acadametrics.
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MarketsZoopla deals final merger card against rival Rightmove
Zoopla joins Digital Property Group to become second-largest property search engine in UK. Emma Haslett reports
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MarketsZoopla deals final merger card against rival Rightmove
Zoopla joins Digital Property Group to become second-largest property search engine in UK. Emma Haslett reports
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OnlineBPF backs empty property "Walter Mitty" claims
The British Property Federation has backed criticisms by the Scottish Conservative Party of plans to increase the tax on empty properties north of the border.
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OnlinePhase one of £150m Beorma Quarter gets go-ahead
Kuwaiti developer Salhia has won revised planning permission to begin the first phase of the £150m Beorma Quarter in Digbeth, in Birmingham.
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OnlineHouse prices flatten out
House prices remained largely flat for the year to May – despite volatile monthly figures, according to Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax House Price Index.
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OnlineCentre Point plans hit new high as Almacantar submits planning application
Developer Almacantar has submitted its planning application to the London borough of Camden to turn Centre Point, in London’s West End, into luxury flats.
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OnlineJJ Homes scores with London Square site
Managing agent JJ Homes has been appointed by developer London Square to oversee its development in Wimbledon village.
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MarketsEuro bargains could lure prime investors away from London
Development Securities report warns eurozone crisis could impact prices. Emma Haslett reports
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OnlineFitzroy Place completes over £170m of sales
Aviva Investors, Exemplar and Kaupthing, the team behind Fitzroy Place at the site of the old Middlesex hospital, have sold almost half of the flats at the much-vaunted development.
