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Date: 5/15/2008
Plans for what is billed to be the UK’s most expensive residential development at the former Chelsea Barracks site in London have been lodged with Westminster city council.
The joint venture that o...
Date: 5/13/2008
A fund is to be launched that will look to exploit the downturn in the housing market by buying cheap homes and residential developments in London.
Nice Capital, a boutique property manager, is to ...
Date: 5/9/2008
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has urged private-residential landlords to use the Landlord’s Energy Saving Allowance (LESA). The LESA is a tax break allowing landlords to claim on their tax ...
Date: 5/7/2008
Expensive housing has revived the UK rental sector, attracting property companies eager to help solve the country’s housing shortage.
It has already benefited the army of private buy-to-let investo...
Date: 5/6/2008
The prospects of mergers in the troubled construction sector appeared to rise over the weekend, after news emerged that Bellway, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, had made an approach to smaller...
Date: 4/29/2008
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Date: 4/28/2008
Falling house prices and increasing mortgage costs have sent the property market into deep freeze, sparking concerns of a crash.
Property specialist Rightmove says a record number of homes put on t...
Date: 4/25/2008
GE Real Estate has bought a €1.3bn (£1.04bn) portfolio of discounted commercial property loans in the UK and Germany from Capmark Europe as it takes advantage of continuing difficulties in the debt ma...
Date: 4/22/2008
Asset funder State Securities is one of a small number of lender which has been able to offer the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Small Firms Loan Guarantee (SFLG) to ...
Date: 4/22/2008
The South West has been the most searched for region for property for the second month in a row, according to statistics from propertyfinder.com.
Nicholas Leeming, director of propertyfinder.com, ...
Date: 4/21/2008
Rents are tumbling on some city centre flats as buy-to-let investors pay the price for oversupply.
The fate of some metropolitan investors stands in stark contrast to the fortunes of others, who ha...
Date: 4/17/2008
Cordea Savills, the fund manager, is to launch a fund to invest in the fast-growing Turkish property market.
Turkish Property Ventures Fund will invest in development, primarily shopping centres an...
Date: 4/16/2008
By Daniel Thomas, Property Correspondent
Published: April 16 2008 03:51 | Last updated: April 16 2008 03:51
Land Securities, the UK’s largest property company, is to test the fragile property i...
Date: 4/14/2008
Britain’s politicians entered full crisis mode this week when it became clear the housing market was teetering on the brink of a protracted decline in prices. On Tuesday, the publication of a highly u...
Date: 4/10/2008
Property group Minerva is to announce a £150m ($297m) construction contract with Skanska that will give the green light to the development of one of the largest City of London office schemes.
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Date: 4/9/2008
mydeposits.co.uk, the Government-authorised insurance-based tenancy deposit protection scheme protecting over £177 million of deposits, has marked the first anniversary of the legislation by revealing...
Date: 4/3/2008
Abu Dhabi’s largest property developer plans to launch four real estate investment funds that will provide exposure to the oil-rich emirate’s booming property market.
Ronald Barrott, chief executiv...
Date: 4/1/2008
Almost 12 months on from its introduction, 40% of UK landlords are still unaware of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) leaving them at risk of committing a civil offence and being forced to pay tenants ...
Date: 3/26/2008
Hedge funds and institutional investors are starting to launch distressed mortgage funds to take advantage of an “unbelievable” buying opportunity, but they say they are running into resistance from r...
Date: 3/21/2008
A loophole allowing commercial property investors to avoid paying stamp duty on an estimated £1bn of deals was closed in the Budget on Wednesday.
Rules on office sales using Islamic financing, stru...
Date: 3/20/2008
Published: March 19 2008 03:00 | Last updated: March 19 2008 03:00
Derwent London, the property group, has bucked the wider downward trend in the sector with an 8.4 per cent rise in net asset v...
Date: 3/18/2008
Factoring and invoice discounting received a major boost when the Chancellor, Alistair Darling announced he will abolish the ban on assignment of debt within government contracts.
The government ha...
Date: 3/14/2008
Extending the government-backed small firms loan guarantee scheme to small businesses with ‘growth ambitions’ has received the thumbs up from business finance lenders.
Chancellor Alistair Darling a...
Date: 3/13/2008
Businesses will pay an extra £600m a year in tax after Wednesday’s Budget closed tax loopholes.
Bill Dodwell, of Deloitte, said the new measures, combined with changes in last year’s Budget, meant ...
Date: 3/12/2008
The UK economy’s growth domestic product grew by 0.5% over the three months ending in February.
The figure was a modest increase on growth rates of 0.4% for the three months to February.
Althoug...
Date: 3/11/2008
More than half of UK exporters want the UK to join the Euro, according to a survey by Leeds University’s business school and sponsored by credit insurer, Coface.
Nearly two thirds of UK exporters (...
Date: 3/10/2008
The Scottish housing market has been tipped to outperform the rest of the UK market in 2008, according to a senior economist speaking at the Mortgage Business Expo in Glasgow.
David Stubbs, senior ...
Date: 3/7/2008
Inflationary pressures left the Bank of England monetary with no alternative but to keep the base rate at 5.25%, claimed the Confederation of British Industry.
It said that rising food and energy c...
Date: 3/6/2008
The UK will be the only market to see negative returns this year according to business credit reference agency, Experian.
Although the information agency said that other European countries would al...
Date: 3/5/2008
Landsbanki Commercial Finance has provided Britain’s largest independent manufacturer of specialist paper products, LPC Group, with a £65.5 million credit.
LPC is privately owned by the Tejani fami...
Date: 3/4/2008
The success rate for properties sold at auction fell to the lowest level for three years, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
According to RICS, the success rate has declined...
Date: 3/3/2008
Only one in ten small businesses understand what the proposed changes in the pre-budget announcement will mean for their business, according to research by Alliance & Leicester.
Seven out of ten ar...
Date: 2/27/2008
Buy-to-let lending totaled £24.1 billion in the second half of 2007, up from £21.2 billion in the first half of the year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ new data.
The figures also sh...
Date: 2/26/2008
Manufacturers are enjoying the longest run of sustained demand for 12 years, according to a Confederation of British Industry survey.
However firms expect to continue the recent trend of marked pr...
Date: 2/25/2008
Overcrowding in rental properties has been condemned by the National Landlords Association (NLA).
It said there were still a minority of landlords filling their properties, often with migrant worke...
Date: 2/23/2008
Base Commercial Mortgages is launching a fast-track commercial mortgage specifically designed to cater for small loans up to £150,000.
The new product guarantees brokers will earn a minimum commiss...
Date: 2/20/2008
Business travellers tempted to grab a quick coffee with a contact between flights should beware the tax inspector if they are among the thousands who enjoy the benefits of not being classed as a UK re...
Date: 2/18/2008
A voluntary code of practice protecting consumers from rogue sale and rent back providers is being drafted by theNational Association of Sale and Rent Back, NASARB.
The code of practice will offer ...
Date: 2/8/2008
The Bank of England’s base rate cut of 25 basis points to 5.25% came as little surprise to lenders who generally welcomed the decision.
Ian McCafferty, Confederation of British Industry chief econo...
Date: 2/6/2008
Growth of activity in the UK service sector settled around a solid level in January as market demand showed some stability following the sharp slowdown seen in the autumn.
Confidence in the sector ...
Date: 2/4/2008
The Tories have poached the former heads of the government’s red tape advisory watchdog and the Financial Services Authority to lead a new review of regulation, being launched on Monday.
The new bo...
Date: 2/2/2008
The sale of a £500m stake in one of the UK’s largest office parks has become the latest commercial property deal to fall victim to the troubled debt markets.
Prupim, the fund management arm of Prud...
Date: 1/31/2008
Alliance & Leicester’s has updated its pre-close trading statement revealing £185 million charges for reduction in fair value and impairment of treasury investments for 2007 compared with £55 million ...
Date: 1/31/2008
A huge rise in immigration fees risks deterring employers from hiring skilled workers capable of contributing positively to the economy, the CBI employers’ body warned on Wednesday night.
Plans pub...
Date: 1/29/2008
Growing demand for rented accommodation has spurred strong growth in rents paid by tenants, contributing to a healthy increase in rental yields and total returns, according to Paragon’s January buy-to...
Date: 1/28/2008
Investors with the correct strategies can build profits from property this year, claim experts exhibiting at The Homebuyer and Property Investor Show.
They will be revealing their top tips for prop...
Date: 1/25/2008
A lower capital gains tax of 10% for gains of up to £1 million on a business sold is being offered by the government following intense lobbying from the small business community.
Chancellor Alistair ...
Date: 1/24/2008
The British Chamber of Commerce is calling on the Bank of England to consider an emergency rate cut following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut US interest rates by 75 basis points to 3.5%.
David...
Date: 1/22/2008
GE Commercial Finance’s Business Finance has provided a £15.75 million finance facility to Total Polyfilm Ltd to help advance expansion plans.
Total Polyfilm is the third largest producer of polyt...
Date: 1/21/2008
Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, is to deflect criticism that his government is subsidising a knock-down sale of mortgage-lender Northern Rock by proposing that the taxpayer gets a slice of any wi...
Date: 1/18/2008
A consortium led by Virgin Group has sought to beef up its bid for Northern Rock as the government prepares to make a decision on the future of the stricken bank.
Virgin Group has lined up Peter Mc...
Date: 1/17/2008
The UK’s labour market has withstood the early effects of the credit squeeze, judging by data showing a jump in employment, stable earnings growth and a continued drop in benefits claimants.
The Of...
Date: 1/16/2008
Commercial property occupiers expect to expand their portfolios on the back of continuing growth in output and employment over the next six months, reveals the CBI/GVA Grimley corporate real estate su...
Date: 1/15/2008
Nearly nine out of 10 landlords regard managing their rental properties as a profitable hobby, with only one in 25 seeing it as their full-time profession, according to Alliance & Leicester Mortgages’...
Date: 1/11/2008
Greater calm in the money markets along with concern about inflation contributed towards the Bank of England’s decision to hold rates, claims the Confederation of British Industry.
Ian McCafferty, ...
Date: 1/10/2008
Yorkshire manufacturers affected by this summer’s floods have shown the resilience of the sector by bouncing back rapidly, even using the damage as an opportunity to advance their business, according ...
Date: 1/9/2008
The £840m ($1.65bn) flotation of Moneysupermarket.com proved the highlight of a quiet 2007 for new stock market listings from north-western companies – and this year could be just as subdued if option...
Date: 12/31/2007
The time it takes for landlords to find tenants for their property has fallen, according to the latest research from specialist buy-to-let lender the Mortgage Trust which is part of the Paragon Group....
Date: 12/27/2007
UK retailers’ fears of bleak trading look to have eased after a last-minute surge of shopping but concern over profits remains after widespread discounting of stock in the run-up to Christmas.
Figu...
Date: 12/21/2007
Nationwide Commercial has confirmed that it is only lending to existing customers and has stopped accepting broker introduced business.
The lender, which last financial year wrote £7.6 billion of c...
Date: 12/18/2007
The popularity of equity release products, often seen as loans of last resort, has jumped as more conventional loans and mortgages dry up owing to the credit squeeze on UK lenders.
Inquiries for eq...
Date: 12/17/2007
State Securities is to provide £450,000 finance to Naik Halal Poultry Ltd.
The Newport-based company slaughters poultry from around the country in accordance with Halal requirements.
The new com...
Date: 12/14/2007
Landlords optimistic about B2L in 2008
More than 86% of landlords plan to either increase their portfolio or leave it untouched in 2008, according to research by the UK’s largest buy-to lender, ...
Date: 12/9/2007
Cattles Invoice Finance has launched a commercial bridging product aimed at commercial owner-occupiers.