Total investment in UK student accommodation has broken the £2bn mark for a third consecutive year, according to new research from global property advisor CBRE.
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Developers facing rising tender prices and increasingly picky contractors
by Allister Hayman
01 / 12 / 2014
Londonâs largest building contractors are turning down one in three bidding opportunities, as balance of power shifts from clients to construction supply chain.
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London prime prices hit zero growth
by Hannah Brenton
03 / 11 / 2014
Price growth in prime central London has slowed to zero in October, ending four years of growth.
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Cheesegrater hits record City rent with insurer letting
by Rhiannon Bury
30 / 10 / 2014
British Land and Oxford Properties have agreed a deal to let the 41st floor of the Cheesegrater to insurance company FM Global at almost £85/sq ft â a record for the City of London.
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Date confirmed for business rates revaluation
by Felicity Francis
29 / 10 / 2014
The government has announced 1 April 2015 as the valuation date for business rates assessments for 2017 onwards.
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London's prime residential land sales market slows
by David Parsley
28 / 10 / 2014
New residential research by Cushman & Wakefield has revealed there has been a âtangible pausingâ of activity in Londonâs prime residential land sales market as developers take stock of the robust activity at the start of the year.
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Ultra-rich Africans spend £600m on London homes
by Andrew Don
27 / 10 / 2014
Ultra-rich Africans have been scooping up homes in Londonâs top residential areas, splashing out more than £30m in some individual cases.
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Confidence eases in UK commercial property market
by Andrew Don
24 / 10 / 2014
Private equity funds are among investors turning their attention to the nascent investment market recovery in some of the Eurozone countries now âthe crest of the wave has broken and the low-hanging fruit has now goneâ in the UK, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking claims.
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Grade B central London office space hits 13 year low
by David Parsley
20 / 10 / 2014
Office take-up in central London reached 1.6m sq ft in September, bringing the year-to-date total to 10.4m sq ft, 15% up on the same period last year, according to DTZâs latest Central Offices update.
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DYNAMIC DATA: Sales growth has slowed in London â but are rents now under pressure?
by Hannah Brenton
17 / 10 / 2014
Although rents are falling in some pockets of London, it is not all doom and gloom. Hannah Brenton reports
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DYNAMIC DATA: London councils block one in four office-to-residential bids
by Rhiannon Bury
16 / 10 / 2014
London councils are blocking one in four applications to turn offices into homes, new research has revealed.
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MIPIM UK: Banks lending on development again
by Hannah Brenton
16 / 10 / 2014
Banks are becoming more willing to take on development risk again, speakers said at MIPIM UK today.
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Commercial property returns jump in September, says IPD
by Guy Montague-Jones
15 / 10 / 2014
UK commercial real estate returned 1.7% in September â representing the second highest monthly returns of the year, according to the IPD UK Monthly Property Index.
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Overseas investors become largest UK property owners
by Rhiannon Bury
15 / 10 / 2014
Overseas investors have for the first time overtaken UK institutions to become the largest owners of UK commercial property, new data from the Property Industry Alliance has revealed.
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City office market undergoes 'Manhattan-isation'
by Andrew Don
10 / 10 / 2014
The City office market is undergoing âManhattan-isationâ as demand for office space diversifies beyond the traditional finance sector, the latest research from Knight Frank indicates.
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Scotland introduces new property tax
by Andrew Don
10 / 10 / 2014
Scotland has introduced a new land and buildings transaction tax, using the Scottish parliamentâs first new taxation powers in more than 300 years.
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Johnson appeals to government on office-to-resi threat
by Rhiannon Bury
09 / 10 / 2014
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has urged the government to reconsider lifting restrictions on turning offices into homes in parts of the capital.
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Construction crunch to delay delivery of luxury London homes
by Hannah Brenton
07 / 10 / 2014
A âhuge proportionâ of luxury homes planned or under construction in London are unlikely to be built on time, a new report warns.
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EXPO 2014: £207bn real estate exposure for Euro asset management agencies
by Andrew Don
06 / 10 / 2014
Europeâs asset management agencies have almost â¬264bn (£207bn) of European non-core real estate exposure, Cushman & Wakefield has estimated.
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Student housing sales to reach £2bn
by Andrew Don
06 / 10 / 2014
The student housing investment market is heading towards a record year with JLL predicting that £2bn worth of assets will go under offer in the final quarter of this year â the same value achieved during the entirety of 2013.
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