Is Build to Rent to built to last?
‘Is build to rent too good to be true?’ asks Lisa Simon, Head of Residential at Carter Jonas, as she predicts that 2019 will be ‘the year of institutional lettings’
‘Game-changing’ property stock exchange gains FCA approval
The International Property Securities Exchange (IPSX) allows commercial real estate assets to be traded as shares; first IPOs are expected at the end of Q1
Proptech start-up fund Concrete VC expands
Angelica Donati has joined tech-centric property business investment firm Concrete VC as a ‘venture partner’
Savills’ top cross-sector property investment picks for 2019
Researchers expect five-year capital growth across residential, commercial and rural real estate sectors to come in at just 30% as ‘investors zero in on the fundamentals of supply and demand’
Investment firm swoops on Bond Street Station mixed-use site
Hines has acquired a prime block on Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street station, with plans for a residential and retail development
PCL Property: The world’s best performing risk-adjusted asset class
Equity fund manager-turned-buying agent Fraser Slater explores how Prime Central London property has performed over the last two decades from a professional investor’s perspective…
P2P property lender Blend Network secures £10m backing
Big-name investors pile into fledgling operation with a focus on regional hotspots
Google backs London-based property management AI
AskPorter has secured investment from the Google Assistant Investments Program
Landlord numbers drop as ‘dinner party property investors’ sell up
Landlords have sold nearly 120,000 more properties than they have bought since the 3% additional property SDLT surcharge was introduced in April 2016
‘The probability of Brexit negotiations going wrong & a Labour-led government is quite scary’ for property owners, says top wealth advisor
Bloomberg’s Benjamin Stupples chats with Hari Hundle of UHNW multi-family office Twin Capital, which has just opened an outpost in London’s Mayfair.
Crazy Rich ASEANs: How socioeconomic shifts in South East Asia are driving investment to London
The explosion of the ASEAN middle class is good news for European markets, says Chris Dietz, and savvy property advisors and agents are developing their offerings to service this ever-important investor group…
Art in the frame as top-performing luxury asset
Annual growth of 25% puts art well ahead of wine and classic cars in Knight Frank’s Luxury Investment Index