Competition among mezzanine debt lenders in the UK is set to heat up this year, as international players battle against domestic banks and institutions for the most profitable opportunities, said panellists at the Loan Market Association's Real Estate Finance Conference this morning.
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The majority of mortgages for first-time buyers continue to be offered by building societies, according to data provider Moneyfacts.
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The number of buy-to-let mortgages is rising again after a slump during the financial crisis, new figures revealed.
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Halifax said house prices rose 1.1% in April, lifting the average price to £166,000.
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Office take-up in London's Docklands dropped 57% in the first quarter to just 30,000 sq ft. Take-up in Q1 was 30,000 sq ft - less than half of the 70,000 sq ft recorded in the final quarter of 2012, Knight Frank has calculated.
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Major supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Waitrose and the Co-op are all lining up to take over post offices.
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Homes priced at the top end of the London market are rising in value as overseas investors continue to see the capital as a good place to buy property.
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A poll of purchasing managers in the construction industry suggests the decline in activity may be slowing
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Empty UK shop numbers have risen to more than 22,450 - the equivalent of a vacant central London. That was the finding of the latest monthly update from Local Data Company.
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UK commercial property total returns for the first quarter of 2013 were 1.1%, as capital values continued to fall, according to the IPD quarterly property index.
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The total stock of UK invested property fell by 3% in 2012 as a result of further deleveraging in the real estate market, according to DTZ's latest Money into Property report.
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More than half of the investment in commercial property went to London last year, new figures showed.
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The Bank of England said the number of new mortgage approvals rose to 53,504 in March from 51,947 in the previous month.
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Lending to property investors by non-bank funders, such as insurance companies, increased by 35% last year.
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House prices in the United States rose by an average of almost 10% in the 12 months to February, which is the largest increase since 2006.
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Property prices in Spain are set to fall 13 per cent by the end of the next year, Standard and Poor’s has warned.
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London continues to race ahead of the European prime residential property market with growth of 8.1%, says Knight Frank
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Property companies are paying their bills more quickly in 2013 than they did in 2012, according to financial information company Experian.
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Chopard will pay the Pollen Estate a record rent to secure its long-term future in New Bond Street.
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European industrial and logistics have found favour with investors in Q1, with transactions increasing by 111% compared with the same quarter last year to €3bn (£2.5bn) according to research from Jones Lang LaSalle.
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