All United Kingdom articles – Page 19
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The UK Property Paradox: Both Cheap and Expensive
Real estate prices follow a cycle driven by a broad range of inter-related factors in occupier, development and lending markets as well as in the broader economy. An understanding of the cycle is especially important in a long-run asset class such as real estate.
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UK industrial property – A safe haven?
The industrial sector makes up a relatively small, but growing, part of the UK’s commercial property market. Once dominated by manufacturing, the increasing importance of distribution has transformed the sector over the past 20 years, and investors have increasingly focused on efficient supply chains and the requirements of online retailing as the major drivers behind growth and future development.
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M7 Real Estate Investment Holdings grows portfolio with acquisition of £26 million of assets
M7 Real Estate announces that it has acquired a further eight assets from a number of vendors for a combined purchase price of £26.1 million on behalf of M7 Real Estate Investment Holdings.
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Invesco Real Estate Diversifies Growing Build-to-Rent Programme with Third UK Regional Project
Invesco Real Estate has partnered with Patten Properties and Panacea Property Development, the nationwide residential developers, to deliver 383 BtR units in Liverpool City Centre, in the North West of England.
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France to lead European recovery
France is projected to post a strong increase in GDP growth in the next five years, while German and UK growth is shifting down in the same period
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Brexit: How the future trade agreement is going to shape UK financial assets
This year will be crucial for the future of United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union following Brexit. The next round of negotiation talks will take place between February and March, and will focus on defining a two-year transition agreement.
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Invesco Real Estate & Meyer Homes Announce Hounslow Build-to-Rent Project for Invesco’s Dedicated UK Residential Fund For c.£107m
Meyer Homes, the residential development company, has partnered with Invesco Real Estate to deliver 255 Build-to-Rent (BtR) units in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London.
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UK Real Estate Market Outlook: January 2018
The UK economy continued to defy gloomy market expectations during the third quarter of 2017, with GDP expanding by 0.4%. The latest set of positive data saw the Bank of England lift interest rates to 0.5% in November, a sign of their overall confidence in the market.
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M7 Real Estate/Oaktree JV disposes of Archimedes Real Estate Investment LP for £43.2 million to Regional REIT
M7 Real Estate Ltd announces that it has, together with its joint venture partner, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P., sold its regional UK office investment company, Archimedes Real Estate Investment L.P., to Regional REIT for £43.2 million.
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How did the UK market exceed all expectations in 2017, and can we expect more of the same this year?
If any UK property market forecaster had stood up at the start of the year and predicted that in December we would be debating whether the market will quite hit double digit returns for the year, not even the most bullish observer would have taken them seriously.
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Are affordability pressures starting to bite in London?
Are business rate hikes in London starting to hurt retailers?
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy: January 2018
Investors have enjoyed a quiet year in 2017, with few bumpier spots, overall record-low volatility and nice returns. Moving into 2018, the temptation for risk assets is still high.
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Global Real Estate Securities: 2018 Market Outlook
Our bottom-up fundamental analysis currently suggests that global REITs are priced to deliver another year of positive total returns for 2018 in the range of 8%–10%.
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Global Investment Views: January 2018
Investors have enjoyed a quiet year in 2017, with few bumpier spots, overall record-low volatility and nice returns. Moving into 2018, the temptation for risk assets is still high. The economic environment remains strong.
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Chancellor delivers another tax change with potentially major implications for UK Commercial Real Estate
With changes to first time buyer stamp duty grabbing the headlines as “Box Office Phil” actually lived up to his ironic nickname, a tax change with potentially significant implications for the UK commercial real estate market has slipped under the radar somewhat.
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Economic and Property Market Overview: Q3 2017
The UK economy grew by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2017, following an expansion of 0.3% in Q2. The service sector was the key driver of growth, although other industries such as manufacturing sector also positively contributed to growth during the quarter.
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Orchard Street completes acquisition of prime West London industrial estate from The Church Commissioners for £19.34 million
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Crown Business Centre, a prime industrial estate in a strategic West London location, from The Church Commissioners. The asset was acquired on behalf of St James’s Place UK Plc. for £19.34 million, representing a net initial yield of 3.90%.
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Emerging market investing – Why do we do what we do?
Over that time, the philosophy underpinning what we do hasn’t changed. We’ve always been active, always focused on growth and never allowed ourselves to get bogged down in short-term earnings estimates or price targets. Here, we revisit the evidence backing our investment philosophy as we ask ourselves, why do we invest in EM equities in the way that we do?
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Orchard Street acquires Manchester retail park for £63 million from The Crown Estate
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Altrincham Retail Park in Greater Manchester from The Crown Estate for £63.05 million. The acquisition has been made on behalf of St James’s Place Property Unit Trust and represents a net initial yield of 6.96%.
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AEW agrees new lease with Furniture Village at Bath Road Central, Slough
AEW has agreed a new lease with British furniture retailer Furniture Village, which is expanding its office space at the Bath Road Central business park in Slough by 3,726 sq ft. The retailer will occupy a total of 10,926 sq ft at 258 Bath Road Central on an unexpired term of 10 years.