Investment
Cash deals dwindle as smaller landlords tempted to invest
Average rents in the South East have climbed by 10% in the last year, reports Hamptons - while rents in Central London have fallen by 16%.
Why global investors are hungry for PCL assets right now
Knight Frank’s Guy Stebbings, whose team has exchanged on well over a billion pounds worth of deals in the last six months, explains why activity levels in the resi investment market are running at un…
Investec names new Head of Real Estate
Mark Bladon is stepping up to replace Gary Dobson, who is retiring after 32 years with Investec.
New investment firm targets PCL’s serviced accommodation sector
Wetherby Real Estate has been launched by Barbara Chanakira, founder and CEO of the Mayfair-based buying agency Eaton Property Consultants.
Leasehold shake-up promises the ‘biggest reforms to English property law for forty years’
The Government has announced some major reforms to the English leasehold system, in a bid to "fundamentally make home ownership fairer and more secure."
Prime resi development lender secures £72m institutional funding line
Investor appetite for luxury property plays "increased significantly" last year, reports CapitalRise.
Clients’ Questions Answered: Brexit & residential property markets
The status of UK residents looking to live or purchase a residential property in the European Union changes on 1st January 2021 as the UK’s transition period comes to an end.
Singapore’s One Global teams up with PCL firm to launch private office division
Singapore-based agency One Global Property Services has partnered up with London’s Mayfair Private Office on a ‘bespoke private wealth service’ for HNW and UHNW individuals across Asia.
Revealed: Britain’s top residential property investment hotspots for the next five years
£42 billion of additional capital is due to be committed to the UK’s residential investment sector by 2025, predicts Knight Frank. 7
CBRE sets up ‘blank cheque’ acquisitions vehicle
CBRE has set up a special-purpose acquisition company in the US, with a remit to “identify and acquire a privately held company with significant growth potential” for a merger or acquisition.
More overseas investors happy to buy ‘sight unseen’, says PCL agency
22% of the acquisitions carried out by LCP so far this year have been ‘blind’ purchases by overseas investors, driven by ‘bottom of market pricing’.
Global billionaire wealth bounces back to new heights
A V-shaped recovery in equity markets has been a boon for the richest people on the planet, report UBS and PwC, as global billionaire wealth surged by more than a quarter between April and July this year…