Investment
Zoopla-backer Octopus pumps £5m into Homesearch
Giles Ellwood's proptech start-up has secured major investment to fuel "ambitious growth".
Savills adds Operational Capital Markets director
Ed Crockett has joined Savills from abrdn, where he was head of UK Residential Investment.
Investors pump record amounts into UK build-to-rent projects
14% more capital was invested into the UK's build-to-rent sector last year than in any other year.
December’s rate hike makes January a unique opportunity for borrowers
Lenders get hit with new targets at the beginning of the year and CEOs will want to make hay while the going is good, writes Alex Ogario
Warwick Investments builds PCL rental presence with off-market Mayfair mansion acquisition
Warwick Investment Group - run in the UK by former CPC exec Andrew Chrysostomou - is building an impressive portfolio of prime rental properties in Mayfair and Belgravia.
BTR investment to soar by 65% next year – CBRE
A growing economy and a strengthening of the labour market will provide a positive backdrop for UK real estate in 2022, says the global agency in its latest set of cross-sector forecasts
Proptech investment reaches a record high
“Proptech investment is growing significantly year-on-year, as the real estate sector is increasingly aware of the operational performance gaps that have been unaddressed for a number of years," says…
Reubens reportedly ‘on the verge’ of £180m Admiralty Arch deal
Sky News suggests that the Reubens family is about to become "a significant shareholder" in the ultra-luxury development of Admiralty Arch.
Global real estate bounce ‘will extend into 2022’, predict economists
But Oxford Economics expects real estate returns to "temper considerably" by 2026, "falling well below their historical trend".
BidX1 bags new investment for ‘another phase of strategic growth’
International management consultancy firm Oliver Wyman and southern European real estate finance company doValue have taken minority stakes in the Irish proptech company.
Greenfield land values rise at the fastest rate in a decade
Greenfield development land values picked up by 3.9% in Q3, says Savills, while urban sites increased by 2.2%.
Canadian family buys major stake in Foster + Partners
Sir Norman Foster's architecture firm has completed a "strategic partnership" with the billionaire family that controls Colliers International, selling a "significant" stake in the business to Hennick…