First-time buyers to borrow more and for longer this year as wage growth will fail to keep pace January 1, 2022 First-time buyers face the biggest financial hurdle to homeownership causing them to borrow more in 2022. However, it is existing homebuyers that are now more stretched when it comes to their earnings and the amount they are required to borrow. Analysing 2021 data from the Office for National Statistics, shared with City A.M. by estate [...]
Explosion in ‘London leavers’ buying up properties in the countryside with St Albans top destination for first-time buyers December 31, 2021 More properties outside the city were purchased by London-based home buyers this year than in any year since 2007. First-time buyers made up nearly a quarter (24 of Londoners buying outside the capital in 2021, according to the calculations from Hamptons. The estate agent estimates that, in total, buyers based in London purchased more than [...]
Capital raising in the City picks up despite ongoing Covid disruption as listed firms pull in close to £25bn this year December 29, 2021 UK listed companies have raised more than £12bn in new capital from investors in the second half of the year, bringing the total so far for 2021 between January and November to £24.7bn, according to data shared with City A.M. This represents the second highest total since 2009, following on from 2020 when £34.4bn was [...]
Prime properties outside London surge at strongest pace in a decade with house prices in Cotswolds leading the pack December 28, 2021 New research shows this morning that prices of prime properties outside London have surged at the strongest pace in a decade during 2021. As house hunters looked for more space and made lifestyle changes, price growth across the prime housing markets outside London averaged 9.3 per cent over 2021, marking the strongest annual growth since [...]
’50 storeys of joy, hope and love’ as City skyscraper is lit up for NHS Christmas staff December 23, 2021 Concord London and Brookfield told City A.M. this evening they are lighting up the 50-storey Principal Tower which borders the City and Shoreditch, with a show of hearts for the many thousands of NHS workers who will be working and not with loved ones during this festive period. ’50 storeys of joy, hope and love’ will take place [...]
The property developers building community through Gaia’s Garden December 23, 2021 Continuing my series of conversations on culture and commerce, I am diving deep into the social value of a project that sits in the heart of London: Gaia’s Garden. This “accessible and free community garden” on the edge of Smithfield Market and off the Holborn Viaduct is built by property developer Dominvs Group, who say [...]
With 44 City buildings under offer, investment in Square Mile property expected to hit £8bn this year December 23, 2021 With £6.81bn of office assets having transacted by the end of November, and 44 buildings currently under offer, total 2021 City investment volumes will reach £8bn by the end of this year, according to real estate giant Savills. This assumes that the sale of 5 Broadgate, the UBS headquarters, understood to be under offer to [...]
Average house price of £29m: Here are 2021’s most expensive UK streets (and they are all in London) December 22, 2021 If you have a spare £29m in the bank, you may be able to buy yourself a property in the most expensive street in England and Wales, or London rather, as the five most pricy streets in the country are all in the capital. Nestled by the River Thames, Tite Street in the Borough of [...]
LondonMetric snaps up urban logistics spaces from Savills for £122m December 22, 2021 LondonMetric Property has snapped up Savills Investment Management’s UK Income and Growth Fund for a little over £122m. The deal, which follows an equity placing in November, will see the Fund’s portfolio of 15 assets, mainly urban logistics spaces, fall under LondonMetric jurisdiction. Key occupiers of the assets include HSBC, Fujitsu and Volkswagen – who [...]
Halifax: UK house price growth expected to be ‘much flatter’ 1 per cent in 2022 December 17, 2021 UK house price growth will remain robust next year but will be “much flatter” as rising inflation and interest rates, coupled with the end of government support measures, place greater pressure on household budgets. Prices are expected to inch up around 1 per cent in 2022, but “forecast uncertainty remains very high,” Halifax said this [...]