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September 29, 2016

Negatively Valuing the Build-to-Rent Premium

You wouldn’t pay more for a vacant multi-unit industrial estate would you – so why do that for residential? That is the dilemma that residential valuers are being faced with
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August 23, 2016

Lord Heseltine sees template for Thames Estuary success at Discovery Park

Discovery Park was the final stop for Lord Heseltine on a day long fact finding mission exploring how businesses across North and East Kent are contributing to the economic growth
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August 18, 2016

Volatile times: Brexit puts pressure on boom-era property funds

The United Kingdom’s vote in June to leave the European Union has further fuelled uncertainty surrounding pre-crisis real estate funds, which are already facing pressure to sell tens of billions
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July 26, 2016

Ignore the sensationalist headlines – Closing funds is a positive step

Ten billion pounds and counting. That is the amount of investment into open-ended UK real estate funds that has become “closed” since the referendum. Is this a crisis and should we
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July 15, 2016

Opportunities to be had in UK Real Estate Post BREXIT

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union following the referendum has not surprisingly resulted in a period of uncertainty and hesitancy.  While the appointment of a new Prime Minister
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June 24, 2016

Palmer Capital Reaction to Brexit...

UK Referendum Real Estate Implications The U.K. referendum has delivered a narrow voting majority to leave the EU.  The U.K. government is now likely to undertake a transitional negotiation over
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June 14, 2016

UK investment market quietens down

The UK investment market has been noticeably quieter in the past few months, with transaction volumes down almost 30% year-on-year. The popular explanation for the slowdown has been that the
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May 27, 2016

Pre-referendum property dry spell expected...

The UK commercial property industry is expecting a dry spell in the four weeks left until the EU referendum next month, real estate experts have said. Charles Allen, acquisitions director at
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March 31, 2016

Financial comment: where are the best returns?

The recent Purchasing Managers’ Index survey for the UK service sector suggests that, against the backdrop of a global slowdown and looming Brexit referendum, the UK economy has softened. Inevitably, investment