PRS will be key whatever party’s colour
Housing has rapidly risen up the UK’s political agenda in the past five years and will undoubtedly continue to do so in the run-up to the general election in May.
View ArticleHow the property markets will fare this year
Just a fortnight into 2015, it is disappointing to see so much pre-election grandstanding, especially by those who knock the UK economy, which is in its best shape for years.
View ArticleLSH names NE and Yorkshire director
Simon Rhodes has been appointed head of industrial and logistics for Yorkshire and the North East at Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).
View ArticleEconomic backdrop indicates further yield sharpening for UK property in 2015
2014 turned out to be a confounding year. Government bond yields were expected to rise in anticipation that central banks in the UK and US would finally begin to unwind monetary stimulus.
View ArticleReal estate is set to out-perform the wider equity markets once again
Globally, 2014 was an excellent year for real estate with the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index delivering a USD return of 14.73% and the US index leading the way with a sparkling performance of 30.43%.
View ArticlePeople Moves: Internos, Savills, Hard Rock etc
All the latest moves and promotions from across the property sector.
View ArticleThe ups and downs of the HSBC tower
We chart the chequered history of HSBC tower, following its purchase late last year by the Qatar Investment Authority for £1.1bn.
View ArticleNumber of pubs sold for redevelopment falls
The number of freehold pubs being sold and redeveloped into residential, retail, restaurants or other uses has been steadily falling over the past four years.
View ArticleWhat impact global vs domestic uncertainty?
Efforts to get back into the swing of things were brutally thwarted last week by the horrifying and deeply unsettling events in France.
View ArticleEuropa Capital shifts its focus away from the UK
Europa Capital is good at dodging bullets. The property fund manager was about to begin investing €900m (£704m) of equity raised for Europa Fund III when Lehman Brothers collapsed.
View ArticleHow Derwent London became a property powerhouse
This year marks the 30th anniversary of John Burns and Simon Silver’s first acquisition, since when they turned Derwent London from a company with a £5m market cap into a £3.27bn powerhouse.
View ArticleProperty investors - don’t fall victim to groupthink
Good judgement is one of the most important attributes of a successful property investor. Timely, well-informed decisions are often the difference between profit and loss.
View ArticleWhat to expect when you’re expecting an election
With the year only a few weeks old, the starting gun for the general election has already been fired.
View ArticleWhy are people so negative about the new?
There is a predictable pattern of reactions to new ideas: scepticism; hostility; grudging acceptance; self-congratulation and, finally, sentimentalism.
View ArticleTiming is right for further office development in central London
We are living through a period that, in economic and possibly property terms, may well prove to be unique in our lifetimes.
View ArticleBuilding costs continue to rise
Developers faced a 6.7% hike in tender prices last year and prices are expected to rise by around 5% each year over the next three years as continued growth in construction shifts the balance of the...
View ArticleBig four supermarkets hit a roadblock
The ‘big four’ are in trouble, while the discounters are gaining ground. Is there a way out?
View ArticleProperty was at the heart of Tesco’s troubles
Anyone watching BBC’s Panorama this week could be forgiven for thinking they had tuned into a pilot for a new show called ‘The Blame Game’.
View ArticleHow the property industry can beat the winter blues
Maybe it is the contrast to all those Christmas parties and presents and the warmth of friends and families but January always seems the bleakest coldest month, and February isn’t much better.
View ArticleWhy I always start to worry when everyone’s a buyer
Welcome to the brave new world. Western economies are stuck in what former Federal Reserve treasury secretary Larry Sumner calls “secular stagnation” and are addicted to “unconventional monetary policy”.
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