World real estate transactions hit seven year high
by Mark Wilding
12 / 03 / 2014
Global property transactions hit £715bn (â¬859bn) in 2013, a 22.6% increase on 2012 and the highest total since 2007
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Handful of developers control West End office pipeline
by Hannah Brenton
07 / 03 / 2014
Five developers and the landed estates will deliver more than half of the West End office pipeline until 2018, according to new research from GVA.
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Student digs buyers âsophisticatedâ
by Joanna Bourke
13 / 02 / 2014
Student housing investors are becomingly increasingly âsophisticatedâ, according to law firm Pinsent Masons.
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Canary Wharf: London's hottest submarket
by Jack Sidders
10 / 02 / 2014
After five years of pain, Canary Wharf is fast transforming into Londonâs hottest submarket.
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Foreigners fall for Britain
by Daily Telegraph 10
10 / 02 / 2014
An analysis has found that foreigners bought four in 10 London homes that sold for more than £1m last year.
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Knight Frank forecasts boom for central London rents
by Joanna Bourke
05 / 02 / 2014
West End and City office rents will rise to historic highs in the next four years, Knight Frank has forecast.
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Luxury London house sales surge
by Times 38, 39
03 / 02 / 2014
Savills has reported a 10% jump in luxury house sales in Londonâs top neighbourhoods.
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IPD: UK property returns 10.5% in 2013
by Sophia Furber
31 / 01 / 2014
UK commercial property returned 10.5% in 2013, its highest level since 2010, according to the IPDâs quarterly property index.
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2013 heralds ‘return of the leveraged buyer’
by Sophia Furber
30 / 01 / 2014
There has been a “significant uptick” in European real estate lending, but debt funds will struggle to raise money in an increasingly crowded marketplace, according to Cushman & Wakefield Corporate Finance’s European Lending Review.
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Safe haven not all good
by Daily Telegraph B8
27 / 01 / 2014
London has become the property âsafe haven of the worldâ, says Jones Lang La Salleâs European chief executive Christian Ulbrich.
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Squeeze on London office space
by Financial Times 18
25 / 01 / 2014
London is suffering a supply squeeze on office space, figures from property adviser Deloitte show.
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Commercial property surges
by Financial Times 23
23 / 01 / 2014
Annual commercial property investment volumes have begun to boom over the past year, hitting £53bn â the highest since 2007.
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Double-digit returns forecast for 2014
by Nick Whitten
23 / 01 / 2014
Double-digit growth has been forecast for all property sectors across the UK for 2014, according to Strutt & Parker.
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IPD: Irish property returned 12.7% last year
by Sophia Furber
23 / 01 / 2014
Irish real estate returned 12.7% in 2013 compared with just 3.1% in 2012, according to the IPD/SCSI Ireland Quarterly Property Index.
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Shed sales hit pre-recession peak
by Chris Berkin
22 / 01 / 2014
Knight Frankâs latest research into the industrial market has found a âcritically lowâ supply of grade-A stock, shifting power towards landlords at the same time as investment activity hit a seven-year peak in H2 2013.
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Shopping centre investment leaps
by Annabel Dixon
22 / 01 / 2014
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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