Total 2021 UK hotel investment volumes hit £4.14bn, an 84.3% jump on 2020 volumes and just shy of the 15-year average of £4.22bn.
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Construction delays double since start of pandemic
by Imogen Hope
12 / 01 / 2022
Delays to large-scale construction projects in the UK are now more than twice as long as they were before the pandemic, according to research from machine-learning start-up nPlan.
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Commercial real estate investment to hit five-year high in 2022
Developers, investors and funds backed a record number of build-to-rent homes last year, committing some £5.2bn to provide 22,324 homes.
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Slowing outflows suggest a thawing in property funds’ ‘long winter’
by Tim Burke
06 / 01 / 2022
UK real estate funds suffered a third year of net outflows in 2021, as investors withdrew £2.1bn during another year of Covid-19-fuelled market uncertainty.
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Listed housebuilders’ shares end 2021 up 10% year on year
by Riya Makwana
06 / 01 / 2022
Listed housebuilder shares ended up rising 10% in value in 2021 – despite falling for most of the year and causing the FTSE to slump in the final quarter.
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Oxford Street named busiest shopping street in Europe last year
by Alex Daniel
05 / 01 / 2022
Oxford Street was the busiest shopping street in Europe last year, according to research, beating rivals such as Paris’s Champs-Elysées and Madrid’s Gran Via on footfall.
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Student housing underperforms for first time since 2017
by Samantha McClary
21 / 12 / 2021
The purpose-built student accommodation sector has underperformed the all-property average for the first time in four years, according to CBRE’s PBSA Index.
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Student housing underperforms for first time since 2017
by Samantha McClary
21 / 12 / 2021
The purpose-built student accommodation sector has underperformed the all-property average for the first time in four years, according to CBRE’s PBSA Index.
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Unpaid rent bill set to top £7.4bn
by Samantha McClary
20 / 12 / 2021
Property owners could be left more than £7.4bn out of pocket by the end of the year as a result of unpaid rent.
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Old War Office flat is priciest ever at £11,000 per sq ft
by Piers Wehner
20 / 12 / 2021
A flat in the the turreted former War Office on Whitehall, SW1, has become London’s priciest property per square foot.
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UK property investment volumes set to top £60bn in 2021
by Riya Makwana
16 / 12 / 2021
UK property investment volumes are set to exceed £60bn this year, sharply up on the £42.9bn recorded in 2020 and £50.4bn in 2019 – and placing 2021 in the top five years of all time, according to data from JLL.
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by London private residential rents return to pre-pandemic levels
25 / 11 / 2021
London private residential rents returned to pre-pandemic levels at the end of last month, according to exclusive data provided by Colliers International.
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New homes supply drops for the first time in eight years
by Emma Rosser
25 / 11 / 2021
The number of new homes built in England has fallen for the first time in eight years, following restrictions on construction sites during the pandemic.
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Investors walk away from non-green property deals, data reveals
by Mitchell Labiak
22 / 11 / 2021
Some 73% of UK institutional real estate investors and property professionals have said they expect more commercial property investors and buyers to walk away from commercial real estate with poor ESG performance.
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London’s recovery gains momentum
by Jamie Bennett-Ness, Anviksha Patel
18 / 11 / 2021
London’s recovery is picking up speed as Derwent London chief executive Paul Williams hails the return of workers to the city’s offices and restaurants, while data reveals footfall and flexible workspace usage in the capital have soared to beyond pre-pandemic levels.
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Real estate’s big bounce-back begins
by Tim Burke
18 / 11 / 2021
The real estate industry appears to be recovering from the worst of the Covid-19 crisis, with some of the biggest companies once again turning a profit, agencies bullish across most business lines and occupiers eager to take space.
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Rent-free periods shorten as landlords enjoy ‘shift in bargaining position’
by Alex Daniel
18 / 11 / 2021
Observers of central London office rents could be forgiven for thinking little changed in the third quarter, with headline grade-A rents broadly unchanged over the three months to 30 September. But scratch beneath the surface and it is a different story.
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Resi rents rising at record pace
by Samantha McClary
17 / 11 / 2021
Rents across the UK are rising at the fastest pace since 2008 as strong demand outstrips supply, according to Zoopla.
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Pre-Christmas lull sees house prices fall
by Samantha McClary
16 / 11 / 2021
House prices have fallen by more than £2,000 in the past month as estate agents reported a lull of buyers ahead of Christmas.
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