Property Investor News
Candy consortium eyes Capco takeover, but Capco moves towards Delancey for Earls Court sale
Nick Candy is leading a potential bid to buy Capital & Counties Plc, the FTSE 250 owner of Earls Court and Covent Garden.
Asking rents jump to record highs in London & around the country
Nearly a quarter of landlords are planning to cut their property portfolios in spite of record asking rents, says Rightmove
Octopus Real Estate opens first regional office
Property finance firm moves into Manchester
Fairway & Leconfield launch £200m Golden Postcode property investment fund
George Brooksbank's investment firm Fairway Capital and development outfit Leconfield are looking to spend £200m over the next 18 months on "value add" prime residential properties on garden squares in…
Grosvenor on the hunt for resi investment projects in regional towns & cities
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has recruited Arrif Ali from Cain International to lead a new regional investment drive, looking for residential and mixed-use development opportunities around the UK
Investors are piling-in to bulk-buy prime London apartments
Buying agency Ludgrove has noted a 55% increase in demand in the second half of 2019 from funds and family offices looking to bulk-buy residential apartments in prime London.
Monaco property scion plots £100m prime resi pipeline in London; acquires significant Mayfair block
REDD was launched by Jacopo Marzocco - of Monaco's Marzocco luxury property dynasty - in 2016; the developer / investor is now making a big move on prime London
UK property prices have increased three-times as fast as earnings since 2008
The average value of a UK home has risen by 43% over the last decade, while the average wage has increased by 15% - and mortgage payments have trickled up by just 3%
Mapped: European residential property markets for investors
There's been "an unprecedented surge of capital into residential rental properties across European markets", says Catella
London’s property market moves ‘out of bubble risk territory’ for the first time in four years
Residential properties in Eurozone cities including Munich, Paris and Frankfurt are looking very over-valued, according to the latest UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index - although analysts warn investors…
Cain appoints research & strategy chief
Vanessa Muscarà has joined real estate investment firm Cain International as Head of Research & Strategy
New NRLA appoints leader
Merged landlord bodies have named Touchstone's Ben Beadle as chief executive