Purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) in the UK is a fragmented market. There’s no IPD benchmark and only one listed company, Unite Group, with a demonstrable yield track record.
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Resi developer Essential Living has called the top of the construction market, and said it will take a more direct approach in delivering its £1bn pipeline in a bid to reduce costs.
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Real estate was the most popular sector for online alternative finance investments and loans in 2014/2015, with the combined debt and equity-based funding for the sector reaching £700m.
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A detailed planning application for what would be the tallest building in the City of London, 1 Undershaft, has been submitted today.
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City office investment reached its highest ever level in 2015 after a surge in US and Chinese activity pushed transactions up to £8.2bn, according to CBRE.
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To date, words have spoken louder than actions when it comes to the private rented sector (PRS).
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Just as Middle East and Far East investors are viewing the London market more cautiously, the lifting of sanctions on Iran is opening up another source of investment. But how significant will Iranian cash become?
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UK property delivered strong total returns of 13.1% last year, according to the IPD UK Quarterly Property Index, but a poll at the launch event revealed that investors were worried about the impact of the EU referendum on the market this year.
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The UK’s listed housebuilding sector posted a record-high market value of £32.8bn in 2015 - a 40% jump on 2014 and almost 1,000% above the depths plumbed during the financial crisis, reveals research by consultant Building Value.
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UK real estate stocks have seen more than £6.2bn wiped off their value since the start of the year amid a global stock market rout triggered by the falling oil price and China’s economic slowdown.
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Is the UK private rented sector (PRS) market in danger of overheating? That’s the question some experts are asking.
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Investors are expected to commit €48bn to real estate globally in 2016 – 13% more than in 2015, according to new research.
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London has dropped out of the top-10 real estate markets with the best prospects in the Urban Land Institute and PwC’s annual Emerging Trends in European Real Estate report.
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The Qatar Investment Authority is lining up its first major property sale in a sign of how the depressed oil price could have a dramatic impact on real estate investment activity.
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The like-for-like value of the Howard de Walden Estate in Marylebone has jumped 12.9% to £3.676bn.
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Plans for the tallest building in the City of London have been unveiled by Eric Parry Architects.
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Councils in England have vetoed one in five recent office-to-residential applications, new research has revealed.
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The funding landscape in the real estate finance space has changed dramatically since the financial crisis.
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Demand for European real estate continues to grow, in particular for larger transactions offering the potential to cut costs.
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Real estate shares edged up on Thursday as another rout on commodity stocks and a sharp fall in Poundland shares hit the wider market.
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