The UK shopping centre investment market last year saw the highest level of activity since 2006.
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London lures more wealth
by Financial Times 3
20 / 01 / 2014
London continues to suck wealth away from the rest of the country with developers, landlords and businesses favouring the region.
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European move sparks bubble fear
by Financial Times 16
16 / 01 / 2014
Investors are piling into European property in a move that is driving prices up and inflating renewed bubble fears.
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Private equity deals proliferate
by Annabel Dixon
16 / 01 / 2014
The use of private equity in major property deals worth at least $10m (£6.1m) has nearly trebled since 2009.
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London topples NY
by Daily Telegraph B3
07 / 01 / 2014
London has knocked New York off its perch for providing foreign investors with the best real estate investment opportunities.
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Analysis: UK property outperforms forecasts
by Nick Whitten
06 / 01 / 2014
Twelve months ago the talk was of double-dip recessions and crisis in the eurozone.
Against that backdrop Jones Lang LaSalle predicted a year of subdued growth with just a 1% rise in GDP.
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London named investorsâ top choice
by Joanna Bourke
06 / 01 / 2014
London has been named as investorsâ top global city for property purchases, for the first time in four years, according to the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate.
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Q4 retail administrations up
by Guardian 24
02 / 01 / 2014
The number of retailers that fell into administration in the final quarter increased 11% compared with quarter-four 2012.
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London deals hit six-year high
by FT.com
01 / 01 / 2014
Commercial real estate investment in London hit a six-year high of £19.9bn in 2013.
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Resi sales rise
by Piers Wehner
26 / 12 / 2013
The number of houses being sold has risen by 24%, according to government statistics.
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£16bn spent on London property
by Times 36, 38
23 / 12 / 2013
CBRE reports that investors have spent more than £16bn buying London property this year.
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15% hike in troubled retailers
by Financial Times
23 / 12 / 2013
The total number of retailers with problems has climbed 15% year on year to 15,792, reports Begbies Traynor.
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Centre deals to hit £4.35bn
by Times 53
21 / 12 / 2013
Property consultancy DTZ has forecast shopping centre investment deals will leap to £4.35bn by the end of the year.
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Resi funding set to rise in 2014
by Annabel Dixon
19 / 12 / 2013
Four out of five lenders expect to increase their exposure to residential development over the next 12 months.
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Appetite for risk grows as Europe stabilises
by Sophia Furber
13 / 12 / 2013
European property investors have developed a higher tolerance for risk in 2013, leading to a rise in value-add and opportunistic strategies, according to a report from Invesco Real Estate.
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Far Easterners in W1 shopping spree
by Joanna Bourke
13 / 12 / 2013
Far Eastern investment in Londonâs prime West End shopping patch looks set to be quadruple that of 2012 after a Hong Kong-led purchase this week.
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New lending breaks £13bn
by Bridget O'Connell
13 / 12 / 2013
The reduction in the UKâs debt pile slowed to just 2.5% in the first half as origination caught up with deleveraging.
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West End sales to hit record £5bn
by Joanna Bourke
12 / 12 / 2013
A Turkish investor delighting in a Fitzrovia office block this week, has helped push full-year West End turnover on track for a record £4.9bn.
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Acquisition debt 'outpaces refi deals'
by Bridget O'Connell
10 / 12 / 2013
Demand for âjumboâ loans to refinance 2006-08 vintage debt has given way to acquisition finance, according to a new UK debt barometer.
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Global cram for UK digs
by Joanna Bourke
09 / 12 / 2013
Student housing has become an increasingly popular alternative asset class for investors. But it has been the opportunity to buy large portfolios from collapsed Opal Property Group that has really put the UK on the global student accommodation map and attracted a surge of new international buyers to Britain.
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