Finance
Hamptons wraps up prime roadshow in Dubai
Hamptons International is on the last leg of a tri-city tour, showcasing 96 choice cuts from its premium sales register.
Triangle boosts real estate team
Triangle has strengthened its London-based team by hiring a new Head of Asset Management, just a few weeks after snapping up the New Oxford Street Estate for £15.75m.
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US buyers £33k worse off than last week as sterling soars
Foreign buyers have seen the cost of buying a property in the UK rocket over the last week, after a Tory election win sent the value of the pound skywards.
Dragonfly ‘turbocharges’ residential refurb finance
Octopus-backed short- and medium-term lender Dragonfly Property Finance has unveiled a "radical overhaul" of its residential refurbishment products.
Omni lends £55m ‘holding bridge’ for super-prime London resi scheme
Christian Candy-backed short term real estate lender Omni Capital has provided a chunky £55m "holding bridge" in advance of proposed development work on residential premises in super-prime central London.
Tory triumph ‘could unleash a pent up multi-million pound wave of Indian investment’
A Conservative majority on Thursday "could unleash a pent up multi-million pound wave of Indian investment into the prime London residential property market," says NW specialist estate agency Rescorp Residential.
Talking Stock: Analysing PCL’s key residential supply trends
The number of dwellings in the Royal Borough has barely altered since 2001 and some of prime central London’s golden postcodes have actually lost stock, according to some eye-opening new research into…
City veterans to launch PCL property fund
A resi investment fund is about to launch on the Alternative Investment Market with plans to build up a central London property portfolio worth £500m.
Countrywide recruits Lloyds man to financial services division
Gert big property group Countrywide plc has hired Lloyds Banking Group's Director of Strategic Partnerships to "develop the growth agenda" of its financial services division.
Boultbee embarks on 12-month £100m buying spree
Steve Boultbee-Brooks' investment and development outfit Boultbee LDN has revealed plans to acquire another £100m worth of sites over the next 12 months.
Tories promise to ‘take the family home out of Inheritance Tax’
David Cameron and George Osborne have said that the next Conservative government will raise the Inheritance Tax threshold to effectively £1m, but throttle any benefit for homes worth more than £2m.
No More Rainy Days: Will the pension revolution boost ‘alternative’ property ownership?
As the UK's retirees begin the process of drawing down an estimated £5 billion from pension funds in the wake of the Government's landmark reforms, the next challenge is of course working out…