All Finance comment articles – Page 3
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OnlineAre some lenders living on borrowed time?
We are facing an unprecedented period of political and economic uncertainty with mounting confusion over Brexit and an increasingly volatile global market.
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InsightThe struggle for funding is real
Securing finance is consistently listed as one of the biggest challenges facing SME developers, especially when they are new to the development game.
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OnlineAre lenders tarring retail assets with the same brush?
If you believe everything you read, the rise of online shopping, an oversupply of retail space, and the demise of a long list of household name brands means the end of physical retail as we know it.
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InsightStockholm syndrome for REITs?
Are REITs suffering from Stockholm syndrome, the unusual bond that sometimes develops between hostages and their captors? REIT chief executives seem to be mesmerised by property valuations that aren’t the same as prices. Consequently, they risk buying shares back at the wrong prices and not selling their businesses at the ...
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ProfessionalWould CVAs prove a good bet for troubled bookmaker chains?
When William Hill announced that it was consulting with landlords over plans to close 700 betting shops, other big retail bookmakers such as GVC Holdings (parent company of Ladbrooks Coral) and Betfred made similar noises. This follows the government’s decision to cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
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OnlineThe Arc’s passage to economic prosperity
The government’s Industrial Strategy focuses on developing the UK’s knowledge-based economy – a vital part of future-proofing our country’s competitiveness.
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InsightNew rent law rocks NYC landlords
New York City’s real estate moguls are reeling from the worst political defeat in their history.
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InsightWoodford woes prompt liquidity rethink
The well-publicised Woodford scenario has again brought open-ended property funds to the front pages of the national newspapers, referencing the illiquidity mismatch between their underlying assets and the offer of daily liquidity.
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InsightHow beach body ready are you?
The next major end-of-cycle crash in commercial property values will almost certainly not happen for some time. But if I am wrong and the crash is imminent, the way the market is behaving is very definitely different this time.
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InsightHousebuilders look to investors
One of London’s popular locations for housebuilding saw a startlingly low number of private sale construction starts in the first quarter of 2019. In Zone 2 just outside central London, only 77 new homes got under way, according to research by Molior London. That’s 97% lower than the 2015 peak ...
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InsightThe lioness and her pussycat
PLP’s lead architect on 22 Bishopgate, Karen Cook, is a fierce defender of her craft, according to Sir Stuart Lipton, creator of the 1.4m sq ft City tower, which has just topped out at 945ft. “She is a lion; a brilliant architect,” he says. “But every lion needs a lion ...
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InsightModernising investment agency
Embracing modern investment marketing methods and technological change has not been easy for the real estate industry.
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ProfessionalIs the rent being paid on some units relevant to rateable value?
A shopping centre is anchored by a department store. The department store closes; no other retailer is willing to take over. Alongside the anchor store, a row of shops is now economically obsolete, but they do not empty overnight; the leases have not expired. There is no demand for any ...
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InsightInvestment risk is growing in UK
Others’ problems should never be a source of comfort but they can provide perspective when required.
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InsightSocial impact is new bottom line
Impact investing is a further evolution of the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment strategies alongside an overriding desire to ‘do good’ by delivering a social and total return
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InsightMulti-let assets win on flexibility
Which is a better investment? A single-let or a multi-let asset?
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InsightDevelopment as a force for good
At Newcore, we are out twisting the arms of the wealthy and generous of Oxford and the South East to raise £3m of extra funds to regenerate a church, crèche, café, drugs outreach and community centre in one of the poorest parts of Oxford.
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InsightUK offers higher returns
For almost a decade now, the UK logistics sector has been undergoing a fundamental, structural change, driven by the insatiable appetite of the UK consumer for goods to be delivered to a place of their choosing.
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InsightSocial commerce is a logistical challenge
The European industrial and logistics sector remains in rude health, with take-up and investment volumes robust following what was a record 2017.
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InsightThe case for buying at auction
In the excellent IPF report, The Size and Structure of the UK Property Market, the total investment stock of private investors and private property companies in 2017 was estimated at £72bn – not an insignificant amount, as this represents about 14% of the total value of UK commercial property stock ...
