Property Investor News
Goldman Sachs buys German modular housing pioneer
Goldman Sachs has acquired the majority stake in Germany's Oikos Group, following on from a £75m investment in British modular housing firm Top Hat in 2019.
Lloyds to become a resi landlord
It's being reported that the UK's largest mortgage lender is to begin building its own portfolio of rental properties this year.
Wilben project pushes CapitalRise to £100m+ lending landmark
EXCLUSIVE: A project by Wilben Developments in Chelsea has taken luxury property finance platform CapitalRise to a lending milestone.
Grosvenor sells prime Mayfair block with penthouse planning
City-based asset management firm London & Oxford has acquired a prime resi block in Mayfair from Grosvenor, paying c.£11.5m for the freehold interest.
London property market ‘getting a boost’ as overseas students ‘favour the UK’
"The UK’s safe haven status, diverse and liberal culture has attracted overseas students who would have previously studied in the US," suggests property investment firm London Central Portfolio.
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%.
Outer London’s top 10 retail-to-resi development hotspots
Planning changes have opened the door to the creation of over 16,ooo new homes across the capital's various "town centre" locations, says estate agency KFH, as it identifies London's top 10 areas for retail-to-residential…
Buy-to-let incorporations reach an all-time high as tax changes bite
The latest Hamptons index tells us that the national rate of rental price inflation ticked up sharply towards the end of 2020. The annual rate jumped from 1.4% in October to 4.1% in December
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 law changes: How will the property market react?
Last week, the government proposed a major reform of leasehold laws, with new rules possibly arriving within two years
SevenCapital recruits former Berkeley Divisional Chairman as MD
Angus Michie has joined investment/development firm SevenCapital as Managing Director.
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."