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UK market overview The Jones Lang LaSalle Balanced Fund Index rose 0.30% in March, compared with a 0.45% rise in February, writes Julian Schiller. The index has risen 0.97% since the start of the year and 4.67% over the past 12 months. Taking into account secondary market pricing, the 12-month return falls to a more […]
The IPD all-property return for March was the strongest so far this year, yet pricing for 2011 contracts fell back to 5% CBRE-GFI market commentary Pricing for IPD derivatives contracts fell in the past month, contradicting the strong all-property total returns figure for March, writes Sam Whitham. March was 2011’s strongest month so far, with […]
Investment volumes were down in Q1 2011 to £8bn from £13.2bn* in Q4 2010, but were still higher than Q1, Q2 and Q3 2010. Over 60% of buyers were UK institutions and overseas investors. The Irish and Germans continued to be big sellers, as were private property companies. Initial yields trailed upwards as investors began […]
The Austrian bank’s year-old real estate lending arm, a senior lender in a number of club deals, is taking on more staff with a target of writing €800m of new loans this year, reports Lauren Parr
Fund manager aims to improve mainstream returns by cutting energy use, reports Jane Roberts.
Interest in sustainable investing in property is picking up, despite a lack of empirical evidence in Europe so far that sustainable buildings have higher capital values or rents than resource-guzzling alternatives. “This topic is getting a lot of traction with investors,” says Jean-Francois Le Teno, AXA Real Estate’s head of sustainability. “We would have been […]
Owners and tenants back initiatives to monitor and cut carbon emissions, reports Jane Roberts
Draft derivatives rules may still be a blow to property, despite EU concessions, writes Jane Roberts
FSA urges banks to scrutinise property loanbooks when setting capital reserves, writes Lauren Parr
Capital reserve rules will further squeeze banks’ lending ability and raise costs, writes Lauren Parr