Tenants in severe arrears have fallen for the first time in more than a year, Templeton LPA Receivers says.
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Central London office take-up rose 10% in the final quarter last year, bolstered by a number of City deals. Take-up reached 2.4m sq ft in Q4 2012, according to data from BNP Paribas Real Estate.
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Investment deals in the City of London during 2012 were expected to reach up to £10bn, making it the biggest year for City investment since 2006, according to Jones Lang LaSalle research.
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Office development in the capital remained flat in the second half of 2012, with tenant demand remaining subdued apart from a few bright spots.
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Central London construction activity has picked up with 25 construction starts in the past six months, according to Drivers Jonas Deloitte's Winter 2012 Crane Survey.
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Balanced fund managers are investing more heavily in alternative assets such as leisure and healthcare, according to the Association of Real Estate Funds' Investment Quarterly.
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Autumn Statement will bring tax breaks for cross-REIT investment, but no social housing REIT

The government is poised to make a key change to the REIT regime, but is thought unlikely to introduce social housing REITs.
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Insurance companies will increase their lending to UK commercial real estate by £28.1bn in the next five years, according to new research by law firm DLA Piper.
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The average deal size increased by 45% this quarter, emphasising the two tier nature of the market. Investors continue to purchase trophy and prime assets in London, while regional investment activity remains muted, a report by Lambert Smith Hampton has found.
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Despite the global uncertainty, UK investment has been consistent so far in 2012 Q3 2012 activity of £8.51bn saw a slight decrease of minus 5% from Q2 2012 of £8.96bn. However, it was an increase of 18.8% from the same time last year (Q3 2011 £7.16bn).
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Technology firms have become the largest buyers of new City floor space, Knight Frank data will show today.
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Total real estate investment activity declined in the third quarter of 2012 to €24.6bn, a 3% decrease on the previous quarter, according to research from DTZ.
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Changes to the tax regime for property authorised investment funds (PAIFs) which comes into force today will remove the last barriers to authorised funds converting into PAIFs.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate has reported a 23% rise in investment in central London commercial property so far this year.
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Land Registry data shows prime home sales have plunged 40% following stamp duty rises introduced in the Budget in March.
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Property company shares enjoyed a strong day as the FTSE 100 hit its highest level in two months.
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West End property transactions in the year-to-date have already outperformed the corresponding period of 2011, hitting £3bn.
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Prime central London house prices rose by 0.8% in June, reaching a new high, but the rate of price growth is beginning to slow.
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The impact of the government’s stamp duty measures has started to hit prices of London’s prime residential property
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Investment into secondary offices across Western European markets is at its lowest for 10 years, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate.
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