Much of the commentary concerning the latest release of Savills’ Financing Property presentation has centred on increasing competition in the UK lending market.
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The government has begun the second round of spending from its £1bn Build to Rent fund. Speaking at the London Real Estate Forum this week, housing minister Brandon Lewis announced three deals to fund private rental sector schemes to deliver 1,353 homes across the city.
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To build or not to build? That is the question - not for Hamlet, of course, but for real estate investors. In the private rented sector (PRS), the answer is a resounding yes.
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LISTEN: UK property markets are showing signs of stabilisation according to the latest IPD UK Monthly Property Index from MSCI.
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Minister of state for housing and planning Brandon Lewis has revealed government plans for three new deals that will deliver a total of 4,000 new homes in London.
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The property lending market has seen 150 new entrants in the last three years, according to a new report from Savills.
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On almost every measure, the health of the property debt market took a transformational step forward in 2014.
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Office availability in central London fell 3% in the first quarter of 2015, dropping to 10.8m sq ft for the first time in 14 years, according to CBRE.
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Commercial property lending has jumped by more than 50% to a six-year high, according to data from De Montfort University.
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UK property will deliver a total return of 9% pa between 2015 and 2019, despite a slow first quarter this year, according to Aviva Investors.
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The number of properties being listed with an asking price of £2m or more has more than doubled since the Conservative party’s election victory, an analysis by GetAgent of four websites – OnTheMarket, Prime Location, Rightmove and Zoopla – has shown.
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The number of Chinese applying to move to the UK via the investor visa process rose to 1,583 last year, from 507 the year before, data obtained by Radius Equity showed.
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More than half the self-storage space opened in the UK last year is sitting empty.
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The number of homes delivered by UK builders has failed to hit current government targets for more than four decades.
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Office construction in central London has grown by 24% in six months, taking the total office space now under development to 9.5m sq ft, according to the latest London Office Crane Survey by Deloitte Real Estate.
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London’s West End remains the world’s most expensive location for office space at $29,000 (£18,675) per workstation - nearly a third more expensive than second-placed Hong Kong, according to research by DTZ.
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Shares in quoted estate agents and online housing sites look set to take a hit today as it emerged hedge funds have taken short positions against property firms exposed to a downturn in London’s housing market.
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Westminster City Council today announced plans for a clampdown on office-to-residential conversions in central London.
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The private-rented sector will not take off until there is a planning change which levels the playing field with build-for sale, delegates at the Property Week Student Accommodation Conference 2014 heard today.
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The student housing sector is not in bubble territory, delegates heard today, despite transaction volumes almost doubling this year.
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