New York has lengthened its lead over London as the worldâs leading financial centre in the eyes of executives.
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Real estate firms face âcash crisisâ amid record 2020 profit warnings
by Alex Daniel
17 / 02 / 2021
Vast swathes of the real estate industry are in need of a âradical rethinkâ, experts have warned, after firms issued five times as many profit warnings in 2020 than the previous year.
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Half a million families fall behind on rents and mortgages
by Piers Wehner
16 / 02 / 2021
Close to half a million families have been fallen behind on rents or mortgage payments because of the coronavirus.
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Homes England and United Trust Bank launch £250m SME âhousing accelerator fundâ
by Mitchell Labiak
16 / 02 / 2021
Homes England and United Trust Bank (UTB) have launched a £250m âhousing accelerator fundâ for SMEs.
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Demand for detached houses booms
by Piers Wehner
15 / 02 / 2021
Demand for detached houses boomed during the lockdowns, driving up prices three times faster than for flats.
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Eviction moratorium will be extended
by Piers Wehner
15 / 02 / 2021
Ministers are drawing up plans to extend the moratorium on landlordsâ ability to evict tenants over unpaid rent.
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Retail outlook worse than in 2008
by Jessica Newman and Sally Hickey
12 / 02 / 2021
Experts warn that the retail property sector faces a bleaker future than it did in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis and that âhundredsâ of distressed assets could come to market at bargain-basement prices.
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Businesses revolt over shops-to-housing plans
by Piers Wehner
11 / 02 / 2021
Robert Jenrick is facing growing opposition from high street businesses over plans to allow town centres to convert to housing without planning.
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Hot housing market starts to cool
by Piers Wehner
11 / 02 / 2021
The UKâs hot housing market cooled at the start of the year, according to a RICS survey.
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What is fuelling the investor appetite for roadside assets?
by Sebastian McCarthy and Jessica Newman
11 / 02 / 2021
They might lack the prestige of an office skyscraper or the glamour of a luxury block of flats, but that has not stopped petrol stations hitting the headlines lately.
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Half a million businesses face collapse, warns think-tank
by Piers Wehner
10 / 02 / 2021
More than half a million companies are at risk of collapsing by the spring unless the government extends Covid support schemes.
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Retail rent collection falls
by Jessica Newman
10 / 02 / 2021
Retail property rent collection has fallen compared to the previous quarter, while other markets have performed closer to pre-pandemic levels.
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Retail rent collection falls
by Jessica Newman
10 / 02 / 2021
Retail property rent collection has fallen compared to the previous quarter, while other markets have performed closer to pre-pandemic levels.
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All booked up: How Covid is reshaping hotel lending
by Pui-Guan Man
09 / 02 / 2021
New lending to hotels in the UK has stalled â and despite hopes of a rapid recovery once Covid-19 restrictions ease, there is likely to be more pain ahead for the market.
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Capital values hold steady as retail improves
by Pui-Guan Man
09 / 02 / 2021
Capital values across the UKâs commercial property sectors have largely held out against the challenges of the latest lockdown, inching down by just 0.1% during January.
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Economy could take another two years to recover
by Piers Wehner
09 / 02 / 2021
The economy will take another two years to recover from the pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
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London and Midlands values hit by migrant âexodusâ
by Piers Wehner
09 / 02 / 2021
House prices and rents in London and the Midlands may be heading for a nasty fall thanks to a âmass exodus of foreign workersâ.
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More than 10% expect industrial boom to end in 2021
by Mitchell Labiak
09 / 02 / 2021
More than 10% of people expect the âboom timesâ for the industrial sector to end in 2021, according to an industry survey.
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Pandemic pressures pubs to keep beer tie
by Piers Wehner
09 / 02 / 2021
Pub owners are taking advantage of the pandemic to re-establish the centuries-old beer tie.
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SME developers scale up new site requirements
by Emma Rosser
09 / 02 / 2021
Small developers have increased the size of new site requirements, rising threefold in a year, a new survey has revealed.
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