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Urban Exposure and Highbridge to finance £400m Tech City scheme
Alternative lender Urban Exposure and investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies have announced they'll be providing finance for Rocket Investments' £400m new scheme on City Road.
The Devil is in the Detail: Is London really in ‘bubble-risk’ territory?
Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...
What HNWIs Want: The role of property in wealth creation and preservation
Property's role as both a wealth creator and provider of homes for people to enjoy and pass down through generations is what ultimately lifts it above all other asset classes, says super-prime developer Joe…
New MD and Associate Director for Cain Hoy
Connecticut-based property investor Cain Hoy Enterprises, which teamed up with Galliard Homes a year ago to create London's biggest private house-builder, has recruited a new Managing Director from Canadian…
Interest rates to stay low for longer – BoE
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of 8-1 to keep the Bank Rate at a deeply low 0.
‘This is a tax raid’: High earners should check pension plans before this month’s Spending Review
Britain’s higher earners should consider reviewing their pension tax relief strategy “sooner rather than later”, warns deVere Group's CEO Nigel Green, as Chancellor George prepares to wield a sharp…
Sotheby’s teams up with Anderson Harris
High-end agency UK Sotheby's International Realty has signed an exclusive deal with property finance specialists Anderson Harris.
Topping Out: Why London’s prime property boom is over
Owning a house on Pepys Road, the fictional London street in John Lanchester’s novel Capital, “was like being in a casino in which you were guaranteed to be a winner”, writes Deutsche Bank's Sahil…
Qatari-financed bank backs central London resi fund
Residential fund/asset manager London Central Portfolio (LCP) has teamed up with the Qatari-backed Al Rayan Bank, which opened a flagship branch in Knightsbridge last year, to finance its latest Sharia-compliant…
Dorsey adds top real estate finance lawyer to London team
Major international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP has recruited Rajan Shori to its London Real Estate Group to lead Real Estate Finance.
Wealth management guru joins RFR
Lord North Street co-founder William Drake joins the Chelsea-based team
D&G launches big-hitting resi development arm
Douglas & Gordon has brought some top industry names on board