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Property company and industry news with expert analysis from the Financial Times

Property company and industry news with expert analysis from the Financial Times

The latest property , property company and industry news with expert analysis from the Financial Times on FT.com

Language: en
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:57 GMT

Summary

1 - St Modwen Properties’ profits rise 34%
2 - Power to the people... literally
3 - Beijing office rents outstrip New York
4 - Too much house price information?
5 - Sale and rent back schemes halted
6 - Foreign buyers snap up London office space
7 - Tech groups take up slack in central London
8 - Nationwide reports 0.2% house price dip
9 - Mogul keeping out the squatters
10 - US Reits are drawn to subprime securities
11 - Greek asset sales behind target
12 - Nama sells iconic London cinema
13 - British Land signs accord to build HQ for UBS
14 - Fewer cranes add to signs of slowing economy
15 - Pfizer enters talks to sell Sandwich R&D site
16 - Talent show finalist’s businesses probed
17 - Prime areas prop up London prices
18 - Interactive map: London house prices
19 - California spurns $15bn in mortgage aid
20 - Tchenguiz to sell 250,000 freeholds for £3bn

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1 - St Modwen Properties’ profits rise 34%

Asset management and planning gains helped the regeneration specialist shrug off the downturn in regional property markets

Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:56 GMT

2 - Power to the people... literally

Consumers are grouping together to force the Big Six energy providers’ hands

Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:57 GMT

3 - Beijing office rents outstrip New York

Office rents in Beijing have soared over the past two years, making it more expensive to lease prime work space in China’s capital than in New York

Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:02 GMT

4 - Too much house price information?

Should property indices use a national average?

Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:06 GMT

5 - Sale and rent back schemes halted

The financial regulator has cracked down on controversial sale and rent back deals that target distressed homeowners

Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:21:47 GMT

6 - Foreign buyers snap up London office space

Purchases come as sovereign wealth funds and cash-rich individuals seek stable assets amid the uncertainty in the global financial markets

Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:57:58 GMT

7 - Tech groups take up slack in central London

Gaps created by downsizing of financial services sector has created a surge in demand from IT, telecoms and internet start-ups

Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:27:21 GMT

8 - Nationwide reports 0.2% house price dip

UK house prices slipped in January according to a closely watched index, building a picture of sluggish house price growth overall

Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:44:29 GMT

9 - Mogul keeping out the squatters

Frustrated by corporate life, Joost Van Gestel seized the opportunity to find tenants for owners of vacant property, writes Matthew Steinglass

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:40:52 GMT

10 - US Reits are drawn to subprime securities

Real estate investment trusts are attracted by high yields relative to low borrowing costs, with many aided by rising share prices

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:59:01 GMT

11 - Greek asset sales behind target

Greece will struggle to meet its target for assets sales even by the delayed deadline of 2017, according to the country’s privatisation adviser

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:43:11 GMT

12 - Nama sells iconic London cinema

The Irish body is pushing ahead with the sale of high profile assets in a bid to shed almost €74bn of toxic property loans

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:17 GMT

13 - British Land signs accord to build HQ for UBS

British Land has announced an agreement to develop a 700,000 sq ft building to be the Swiss bank’s European headquarters

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:49 GMT

14 - Fewer cranes add to signs of slowing economy

The number of large construction projects in the UK, as measured by the number of tower cranes in operation, has fallen

Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:24:27 GMT

15 - Pfizer enters talks to sell Sandwich R&D site

The US pharmaceutical company has agreed to maintain 650 employees on its flagship centre which has been operating since the 1950s

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:36 GMT

16 - Talent show finalist’s businesses probed

The business affairs of a former finalist on the television show Britain’s Got Talent are being probed following the collapse of a property investment scheme

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:49 GMT

17 - Prime areas prop up London prices

Data show the so-called ‘London effect’, whereby residential properties in the capital defy weakness elsewhere, is down to rising prices in a handful of areas

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:21 GMT

18 - Interactive map: London house prices

This interactive map shows average London prices by postcode and how these have changed since their 2007 peak and over the past decade

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:45:53 GMT

19 - California spurns $15bn in mortgage aid

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase offered help to the state’s borrowers to settle allegations of mortgage-related misdeeds

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:49:23 GMT

20 - Tchenguiz to sell 250,000 freeholds for £3bn

Portfolio is tied to houses and apartments across the UK, including 15,000 homes in London and its sale is being targeted at sovereign wealth funds

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:38:37 GMT