News & Insight
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Blog by Matt Skinner
The trouble with Tech City
David Cameron has announced that the Government will put £50 million towards a project to regenerate Old Street roundabout through the creation of a large “civic space” dedicated to business start-ups...
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Blog by Matt Skinner
The death of the high street and the Portas Pilot
Of all the cultural and economic changes taking place across the UK, the slow, painful death of the high street is surely the most conspicuous.Although exacerbated by the seemingly never-ending econom...
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News by PropertySales.com
UK commercial property values fall for 16th month in row
Values for commercial properties in the UK have fallen again in February 2013. This makes it 16 consecutive months that the sector has seen declines, according to the Investment Property Databank (IPD...
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News by PropertySales.com
Germany most attractive commercial property market in 2013
Germany is the most attractive European commercial property market in 2013, according to new research by CBRE.A new report has highlighted that 35 per cent of 362 investors picked Germany as the most ...
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News by PropertySales.com
41% of new SIPPs investing in UK commercial property
According to new research by Dentons Pensions, 41 per cent of new self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are being invested into the UK commercial property sector.Dentons has revealed that in the fir...
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News by PropertySales.com
$870 billion of commercial property traded in 2012
$870 billion (£584.1 billion) in commercial property was traded globally in 2012, according to new figures released by Real Capital Analytics (RCA).With the final quarter of the year being strong worl...
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News by PropertySales.com
European commercial property at best value in a decade
Commercial property in Europe has reached its best value in over ten years, according to a study by DTZ.The DTZ Fair Value Index looks at the ‘attractiveness’ of pricing in European commercial propert...
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News by PropertySales.com
New plans allow commercial property to be turned into homes without planning permission
B1 commercial property will be turned into C3 residential sites without any planning permission, once full government legislation is in place.Communities secretary Eric Pickles has signed a developmen...
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News by PropertySales.com
Commercial property sites encouraged to ensure they have full insurance cover
New figures suggest that 75 per cent of commercial property buildings do not have enough insurance cover, according to Henshalls Insurance Brokers.In new research, three in four commercial companies a...
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News by PropertySales.com
Business leaders in North Staffordshire call for HS2 station
Local business leaders in North Staffordshire have called on the government to build a station in the area that would be served by the HS2 line when it is eventually built.Plans for the second phase o...
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News by PropertySales.com
Foreign investment in central London offices reaches record high, says study
Despite the double-dip recession that hit the economy last year, 2012 saw investment in the central London office market reach its highest point since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007.Researc...
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News by PropertySales.com
Property market 'to return to double-digit growth by 2015'
There is a promising outlook for the British property market over the course of the next few years as confidence continues to build.The latest estimates from international real estate adviser, BNP Par...
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News by PropertySales.com
London commercial property prices climb while regions struggle
The resilience of the capital's commercial property market and its relative strength compared to other cities in Britain has been demonstrated by the latest IPD UK Quarterly Property Index.As the stud...
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News by PropertySales.com
Leeds City Council cuts tax proposals on building offices
In a move that will be welcomed by developers in the north, Leeds City Council has announced that it has slashed a proposed tax on building new office blocks in the centre of the city.As the Yorkshire...
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News by PropertySales.com
DTZ paints optimistic picture for secondary commercial property market
Despite having endured a tough time since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007, the UK's secondary commercial property market is expected to pick up in the coming years.As property agent DTZ has ...