All Investment articles – Page 5
-
Insight
Prestbury Investments’ Nick Leslau on the real estate battlefield
In the last 12 months, the already challenged real estate world has morphed, yet again, into a new battlefield of conflicting pressures, which have resulted in some of the fastest valuation write-downs in my near-four decades operating in the UK market. Is there a simple explanation?
-
News
Office investment slump continues despite pricing correction
London is leading a decline in European office pricing but continues to appeal to international investors despite gloomy Q1 investment figures across the board, according to data from MSCI Real Assets.
-
News
British Land ‘open’ to disposing of its shopping centre portfolio
Chief finance officer says the group is focused on a surging retail park market ahead of ‘non-core’ centres.
-
News
Labour planning major property-related reforms as election blueprint leaked
A leaked draft list of Labour’s key polices puts housing, private sector investment and planning high on the agenda as the party prepares to fight the Conservatives in the next general election.
-
Insight
Aviva Investors’ Ben Sanderson on why polarisation in real estate is only going to increase
‘A rising tide lifts all boats’ commonly described recoveries in real estate in the 1990s and 2010s, when most sectors experienced sharply rising capital values.
-
Insight
Patron Capital’s Keith Breslauer on spotting the big opportunities
It can be hard to look at a situation clearly when you are living through it. How do you know which band is heading for the rock-and-roll hall of fame and which will be a one-hit wonder whose fate is to be the answer in a pub quiz?
-
News
Cala buys timber frame firm Taylor Lane in sustainability drive
Housebuilder Cala Group has acquired timber frame construction specialist Taylor Lane Timber Frame for an undisclosed amount.
-
News
Dyson to invest £100m in Bristol tech centre
British technology and engineering company Dyson is believed to be planning to invest around £100m in a research and technology facility in Bristol.
-
Online
Government launch of new fund vehicle proposals to boost real estate investment
Plans for a new type of investment fund unveiled in a government consultation last week could unlock “hundreds of millions” for UK real estate, according to property finance experts.
-
News
‘Golden Triangle’ life sciences Q1 property investment hits £500m record, says Knight Frank
Life sciences real estate investment within the ‘Golden Triangle’, the area spanning London, Oxford and Cambridge, reached £496m in the first quarter of 2023, according to Knight Frank.
-
Online
JLL and property investors quit CBI over sexual misconduct claims
A number of property groups and investors have quit the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) after more than a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct from women who worked for the body.
-
News
Expansion spurs leap in profits for Property Franchise Group
Multi-brand estate agency records 38% hike in 2022 profits following its purchase of Hunters in 2021
-
News
Confidence rebounds for UK CFOs, but firms still in ‘defensive mode’
Optimism has swept through the finance leaders of the UK’s largest firms with confidence in the UK economy rising sharply since the start of the year, but appetite for risk is still lagging behind, according to Deloitte.
-
News
M&G Real Estate hires Robin Hubbard to lead investor relations
M&G Real Estate, the property arm of investment giant M&G, has appointed Robin Hubbard as global head of real estate investor relations and investment specialists.
-
Online
CrowdProperty secures £15m investment
British Business Investments committed £15m to CrowdProperty, the Midlands-based specialist property development lender.
-
Online
L&G becomes Leeds’ largest BTR owner after £140m deal
Legal & General (L&G) has become the largest investor and owner of build-to-rent (BTR) property in Leeds after buying Glenbrook’s Whitehall Riverside 500-apartment development in the city for £140m.
-
Insight
Schroders Capital’s Sophie van Oosterom on survival of the fittest investors
It’s an interesting time for real estate investors, one we may look back at as Darwinian – in some ways comparable to the survival of the fittest. Choices made today with respect to sustainability investments, tenant relationships and viable operating models will be critical to how the industry evolves and ...
-
News
Asset price plunge sees £200bn wiped off CRE values
A total of £210bn has been wiped off the value of Britain’s commercial real estate (CRE) in the past nine months after valuations fell “faster” than the 2008 financial crash, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
-
Online
Asian investors driving central London office investment revival
Investment in central London offices has rebounded in the first quarter of 2023 driven by an influx of Asian investment, with agencies forecasting the start of a recovery after the lowest levels of investment on record at the end of 2022.
-
News
Bank crisis looks set to pause but not crash property market
Experts say bank wobbles may have temporary impact on property but long-term investment outlook is good.