Finance
Hedge funds begin to cash-in on a falling London property market
"Several hedge funds have taken out short positions, essentially bets that a company’s share price will fall, against estate agents Foxtons and Savills, along with property portal Zoopla, and housebuilder…
SDLT and All That: UK home buying costs Vs the rest of the world
Despite last year's Stamp Duty overhaul ladling some extra bulk on to the cost of buying a top-end home in Britain, the UK's prime buyer's burden is still pretty competitive in the global marketplace,…
Fringe Benefits: Emerging Prime London outperforms Prime for third year running
Emerging Prime areas in SW London continue to drive some of the best returns on investment, according to Douglas & Gordon, outstripping PCL for the third year on the bounce.
Regentsmead partners with NFB to reach developers in need
The National Federation of Builders has teamed up with development financier Regentsmead to put the lender in front of more developers in need of funding.
LendInvest breaches £200m mark
LendInvest, the peer-to-peer property lender that launched 19 months ago, has already smashed through the £2oom loan mark.
deVere launches standalone mortgage arm to meet ‘soaring expat demand’
Gert big financial services consultancy deVere Group has just unveiled a new standalone mortgage brand for the UK - deVere Mortgages - to meet 'soaring' demand from overseas-based clients.
Omni and Prime to transform Chiswick office block
Omni Capital and Prime City have paired up to transform an old office building in Chiswick into 19 luxury apartments.
G&T tees up Bloomsbury project with £13.6m refinancing deal
Top end developer G&T has secured a £13.6m senior refinancing loan for its John Street scheme in the middle of Bloomsbury.
New Scottish property tax bands hit the prime market, but create ‘more winners than losers’
Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney has set out the new-look detail for the new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), which is lined up to replace SDLT in Scotland from April this year.
Broker Homes: More developers turning to brokers to source finance
88% of development finance brokers are reporting that developers have approached them in the last 12 months because they had been refused funding from the lender with which they would usually work, says…
Former D&G boss to lead Lomond Capital’s charge south
Ivor Dickinson joins Northern property investment firm with Southern ambitions
Swiss Please: Currency windfall drives ‘overnight’ surge of investors to London
Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property…