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Institutions are planning to boost their investment in alternative assets, including real estate, in 2013, according to a new study by investment manager AMP Capital.
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New figures from Hometrack show that house prices are rising at the fastest rate since 2007.
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Two thirds of builders Knight Frank polled for its 2013 Housebuilding Report expect volumes to increase this year.
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The CARE property group believes new laws in Taiwan could attract cash-rich Taiwanese insurance companies to British property.
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The self-storage sector has remained resilient despite the imposition of a 20% VAT charge on self-storage costs in October last year, according to a new survey from Deloitte.
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Rightmove has reported the average London home has broken through the £500,000 price barrier for the first time.
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Building on new houses in England rose 15% to 27,370 in the first quarter this year.
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The number of new office buildings being constructed in London has reached its highest level for four years.
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London office development is at a four-year high of 9.7m sq ft, according to the latest Crane Survey by Deloitte Real Estate.
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Knight Frank said demand for office space within the M25 was 10% above average.
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The deal by Norges Bank Investment Management with Prologis to buy warehouses from LondonMetric Property is a sign of how investors are thinking.
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UK property total returns hit their highest monthly level since November 2011 in April, at 0.5%, according to monthly figures from IPD.
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Retail landlords have highlighted the growing convergence of convenience, community and value in town centre retail locations.
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Hammerson's head of credit control, Duncan Grubb, said he believed the spate of major retail company voluntary arrangements had now ended.
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Total UK commercial property returns increased from 0.5% in March to 0.6% in April, according to the latest CBRE UK monthly index.
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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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