Yopa installs industry veteran Chair as backers plough in another £16m
Savills-backed hybrid estate agency Yopa has raised £16m from investors, and appointed Grenville Turner as Chairman
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European property fund raises $2bn
Ares is targeting “distressed” and “complex” residential and commercial assets in major European cities
A recession is nigh, warns Cluttons; Britain’s property industry needs to take note
The UK is likely to see another recession imminently, warns Jamie McCombe, head of Cluttons Investment Management. Investors need to be ready…
A delicate balancing act: Lucian Cook presents the case for Stamp Duty reform
There’s been a lot of talk about Stamp Duty switches and tinkering in recent weeks – amped-up by some mixed-messaging from the Chancellor over the weekend. So here’s Savills’ research chief Lucian Cook with a measured and informed look at the risks and rewards of four flavours of SDLT reform…
LonRes launches off-market service with anonymous listings
New members-only service aims to “balance the need for discretion while reaching as wide a net of would-be buyers as possible”
Ranked: Britain’s top towns for student housing investment
“Student housing is the most mature of the UK’s purpose-built rentalised residential markets,” says Savills, offering up some First Class opportunities for property developers and investors – but it’s not all about academic rankings…
Keller Williams partners with Purplebricks alumnus’ ‘Amazon for property’ start-up
Purplebricks alumnus Richard Jacques has launched a property investment marketplace that he calls an “Amazon for property”, and signed a deal with franchised estate agency network Keller Williams
LendInvest secures £200m from National Australia Bank for UK buy-to-let push
National Australia Bank has pumped a “very substantial investment” into Christian Faes’ property finance platform
Tight supply bolsters resi development land values
“Housebuilders are increasingly competing for well-priced sites in optimal locations,” says Knight Frank, but many vendors continue to wait for more political certainty
‘Demand for rental properties across London is strong & momentum is building’ – Foxtons
23% more tenants registered with the London estate agency in the first half of this year compared to last, but the firm listed 6% fewer homes to rent…
Contracts exchanged on ‘ground-breaking’ £90m Wirral Waters resi development
Developer Peel L&P heralds “a significant step forward and another hurdle overcome for this ground-breaking residential scheme” in the North West