All Finance Features articles – Page 2
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InsightThe rise of the bridging loan
As traditional lenders tighten their criteria during the pandemic, investors have increasingly turned to bridging finance. Property Week looks at the pros and cons of this alternative borrowing option.
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InsightIt’s make or break time for property debt
Covid-19 poses the biggest threat to debt markets since the 2008 crash. Property Week ask whether new lenders and private equity firms will plug the gap made by the major banks and seize emerging opportunities.
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InsightInterview with Art-Invest Real Estate’s Ali Abbas
Art-Invest entered the UK market at a time of Brexit-related political chaos. Emanuele Midolo asks managing partner Ali Abbas why – and what’s next.
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InsightWhy L&G is investing £100m in Riverside Sunderland
Legal General has agreed to invest £100m in the ambitious – and potentially transformative – Riverside Sunderland project.
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NewsA beginner’s guide to borrowing
Frances Ivens outlines the key steps novice borrowers should take to get the best debt deal in an uncertain political and economic climate
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InsightHow to hedge against interest rate risk
Guy Montague-Jones runs through the hedging process and outlines the potential pitfalls to avoid along the way
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MarketsRising to the late-cycle challenge
As Europe reaches the late-cycle stage, core funds are having to make tough investment decisions.
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MarketsWhat is behind Asian investment in Europe?
A lack of compelling opportunities at home and the desire to diversify have driven a flood of Asian investment into European real estate markets.
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InsightOpen-ended funds: a tale of inertia
With open-ended funds under scrutiny again in the wake of the Woodford scandal, Victoria Lonsdale finds there is little prospect of the regulatory reform needed to prevent a re-run of the 2016 crisis
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InsightHow the rise of internet banking is hitting lenders’ high-street estates
As fewer people go to the counter and more use apps, what are the implications are for bank branches on the high street?
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OnlineArcadia Live: Rescue plan on a knife-edge as Arcadia lobbies landlords
INTU voting against rescue deals. Aviva, British Land and Hammerson voting in favour. LANDSEC’S position remains unknown, but its vote is now crucial to Arcadia’s survival. MEETING set to take place today at midday at 200 Aldersgate, near St Paul’s.
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InsightSalary Survey 2019
Amid the Brexit gloom, the 20th RICS/Macdonald Company survey surprisingly finds reasons to be cheerful.
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InsightMeet the matchmakers of real estate finance
Filling a gap that has emerged since the financial crisis, debt advisers aim to find the best deal from a growing pool of lenders. Guy Montague-Jones and Frances Ivens profile some of the market’s leading players
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InsightFive key challenges facing borrowers
Ten years after the crash, the debt market is now considered healthy but some types of properties are still proving difficult to finance. Industry experts tell Guy Montague-Jones about the remaining problem areas
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InsightIs it the end of the PDR gold rush?
Property Week asks what has caused the rapid decline in prior approval applications for office-to-residential conversions – and whether there are still opportunities for investors.
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InsightHow real estate will fare in 2019
Despite the changing political landscape, 2018 was a strong year for many parts of the property industry, but what will the other side of 29 March look like? Freeths gathered a panel of experts to discuss what is in store.
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InsightAre people cooling on co-working?
As increased competition and falling desk rates put the brakes on years of growth, the London co-working sector is at a crossroads. Samuel Horti asks what lies ahead
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NewsMerger offers healthy growth prospects for PHP and MedicX
The combined business would have a portfolio of 470-plus properties and an annual rental income of £120m.
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InsightBritish Land shakes up team as focus shifts to mixed use
Chief executive Chris Grigg describes reshuffle as an ‘evolution’ that will allow people ‘to work closer together’.
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InsightWill new property securities exchange live up to the hype?
IPSX described as ‘very exciting proposition’ but its success will depend on quality of first assets floated
