All Brexit analysis articles – Page 4
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NewsIndustry braces itself for Boris
Leading industry figures fear new Conservative party leader Boris Johnson will fail to deliver on his property-friendly agenda – as he kicks off his premiership with a cabinet reshuffle branded “a summer’s day massacre” by one Tory MP.
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NewsH1 investment falls 20% year on year amid Brexit uncertainty
Ongoing Brexit uncertainty sent UK property investment plummeting 20% in the first half of the year, new data from JLL has revealed.
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MarketsThe inside track on iPort Rail
Adam Branson asks why the strategic rail freight terminal has succeeded where others have failed
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NewsBrexit accelerates SME shift to shorter-term leases
Brexit uncertainty is driving more of the UK’s small businesses to look for shorter office leases, according to new figures from the Citibase Business Confidence Index.
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InsightMiddle Eastern investor weather Brexit headwinds
Political uncertainty is causing investors to pause despite strong UK market fundamentals, writes Khaled Alanani
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NewsBrexit set to put brakes on growth in three of top five industries
Growth will slow in at least three of the UK’s top five industries this year as a result of Brexit, a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) forecasts.
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InsightEnd of May brings threat to stability
Editor: While Theresa May’s resignation was not much of a shock, it raises the question of whether the property industry should take stock of new threats a change of leadership might bring.
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InsightAsian investors look to UK retail
The UK real estate market, and London in particular, has long benefited from the deep reserves of Asian capital.
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NewsRural economy expected to outgrow urban areas after Brexit
Economic growth in rural parts of England will marginally outstrip that of purely urban areas following Brexit, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) has predicted.
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OnlineBrexit calls for landlord flexibility
Brexit is having an impact in the rental as well as the for-sale market. Concerns are growing over changes to regulation; dips in property value; possible interest rate hikes meaning rents will have to increase, affecting affordability for tenants; and the ambiguity around having EU nationals as tenants.
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NewsVF Corporation to pre-let Midlands distribution centre
The US fashion giant is expected to take a 579,000 sq ft unit at Mountpark Bardon on a build-to-suit basis
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InsightNo need to be spooked by Brexit
Amid all the Brexit anxiety, overseas investor sentiment has cooled towards UK property. Undoubtedly some investors are keeping their powder dry before making significant commitments to the UK. While uncertainty persists, this is likely to remain the case.
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InsightHow widespread has Brexit stockpiling been?
Many predicted companies would stockpile in the run-up to Brexit. But to date, only a modest amount of extra space has been taken as companies have made clever use of existing space. Adam Branson asks what happens next
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InsightLondon is still a magnet for investors
Editor: With all the noise surrounding Brexit you would be forgiven for thinking that London is teetering on the edge of economic purgatory, and of being cut off from the supply of cautious global capital. The reality is altogether different.
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InsightResi volumes pick up in London
Whisper it, but something seems to be stirring in the hitherto moribund London residential market. People have stopped fretting about Brexit and started buying and selling houses again.
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NewsBidX1 raises less than half the total achieved at February sale
Auctioneer puts lower takings from latest online auction down to investors’ hesitancy over Brexit
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InsightTo end Brexit fiasco May must go
Liz Hamson commented in last week’s editorial that whatever other impacts Brexit might have had on the UK economy, it doesn’t seem to have damaged the residential sector as much as anyone might have predicted . I’ve always said that this would be the case.
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InsightArticle 50 should be revoked
I am a Brexiteer and have spent a great deal of time explaining and arguing why I believe that leaving the EU was a bold and important move.
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NewsUK commercial investment falls 15% in Q1 amid Brexit delays
Investment activity in the UK commercial property market tumbled by 15% in the first quarter of 2019 thanks to uncertainties caused by Brexit, according to data from JLL.
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InsightArticle 50 extension may have been worst option
Editor: Property investors pursuing purely opportunistic strategies will be disappointed with last week’s agreed Article 50 extension, which postponed an imminent hard Brexit. Likewise, real estate brokers looking for market movement will have found little to be cheerful about given extended uncertainty (PropertyWeek.com).
