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OnlineOver £10bn of commercial property transactions took place in December 2019
December 2019 was the third best month on record for UK commercial property investment, according to new research by Colliers International.
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Performance of unlisted retail funds took a nosedive in 2019
British Land’s Hercules Unit Trust is worst performer in MSCI/AREF index with a return of -34.3% last year.
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Convenience still counts for investors in retail
Editor: January brings its usual gloomy round of retail health warnings, with even food retailers reporting downward sales and the market bellwether of John Lewis deciding whether or not to pay its partners their annual bonus, but there are pockets of retail resilience .
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JLL Spark makes multi-million pound investment in UK proptech LandTech
JLL is making its biggest investment in a proptech firm to date with a multi-million-pound investment in the UK’s LandTech, Property Week can reveal.
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What are the pitfalls for investors as student accommodation booms?
Student accommodation, once an ‘alternative’ or ‘specialist’ asset class, is evolving into a mainstream investment, attracting a variety of global institutional investors. More data and the sheer volume of deals paint a similar picture of real estate investors’ growing desire to gain exposure to student accommodation strategies and capabilities.
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More stable political climate will boost investment
Editor: Last year was challenging for many in UK real estate. This was not due to investors losing interest in our market, but largely because it was difficult to move forward without certainty on Brexit.
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Investors look beyond capitals
Real estate investment activity in European non-capital cities has been a trend that has taken a few years to catch on in some countries. Turning the clock back to 2009, it was clear that capital cities were still the order of the day, with the likes of Paris, Berlin and ...
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Housing requires diverse investment
Editor: In his recent article, Greg Hill highlighted the risk that a rise in the Public Loans Work Board rate poses to regeneration and housing schemes supported by local authorities .
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Jersey developer Le Masurier appoints new chairman and non-executive to board
JLL’s UK chief executive Chris Ireland has been appointed as a non-executive board member of Jersey-based property investor and developer Le Masurier.
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Real Estate Investors has eye on acquisitions
Midlands-based commercial property group Real Estate Investors has hinted it is on the acquisition trail in its latest update to the market.
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RM Funds leads £40m student accommodation refinancing for UNINN
Investment trust RM Funds has completed a £40m refinancing for UNINN, the UK student accommodation provider. The deal, made with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, refinances four operational student accommodation assets comprising 640 beds across Newcastle, Sheffield, Leicester and Coventry.
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Interview with Art-Invest Real Estate’s Ali Abbas
Art-Invest entered the UK market at a time of Brexit-related political chaos. Emanuele Midolo asks managing partner Ali Abbas why – and what’s next.
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Conservatives receive £2.5m from the property industry
Individuals and companies in the sector revealed as major election donors by Electoral Commission data
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Birmingham is top regional UK target for overseas investors
Birmingham and Liverpool are the two top choices for foreign investors looking to place bets on UK regional cities next year, according to an analysis by Consorto.
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Investment in UK hotel sector substantially down on 2018
Investment in the UK hotel sector reached just 52% of 2018’s full-year figures by the end of Q3 2019 and is likely to remain significantly adrift by the year-end, reveals the latest LSH hotels report.
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Tenant diversity is a boon for investors
A multi-let industrial peer recently told me that the best days of his year are those he spends on site talking to his customers. I couldn’t agree more. The sheer variety of businesses that occupy the average industrial estate is endlessly fascinating, and the drive, entrepreneurialism and passion on display ...
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Small investors stung by Inspired collapse
Inspired Asset Management owed about £12m to unsecured creditors, including small investors that bought the company’s bonds, when it collapsed in September, an administrators report has revealed.
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Industry’s confidence in overseas investor appetite plummets
The real estate’s confidence in investor and developer finance from overseas has plummeted in the last six months in the face of global economic and political uncertainty.
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BrickVest entities fall into administration
The parent company of real estate investment platform BrickVest and several of its subsidiaries have gone into administration.
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Overseas investors increase focus on PRS as pound falls
The proportion of homes in the private rental sector being let by overseas landlords has increased year-on-year as falls in the value of sterling attract international property investors, according to Hamptons International.
