House sales to bounce as buyer confidence improves January 29, 2020 House sales in UK cities are expected to jump this year as buyer confidence improves due to greater political certainty, according to the latest research. Buyer demand across UK cities in the first few weeks of 2020 was 26 per cent higher than in the same four week period last year and in 2018. London [...]
Waterside renting with Folio London in Royal London Docks, E16 January 28, 2020 | Sponsored For those looking to escape the city hustle and bustle without actually leaving the capital, Folio London has launched a brand new collection of contemporary homes to rent at Royal Albert Wharf in London’s Royal Docks, E16, with plenty of calming blue space for a peaceful outlook within the City of London. Comprising a collection [...]
Intu sells Spanish shopping centre for £245m to pay off debt January 28, 2020 Retail landlord Intu has sold a shopping centre in Spain for €290m (£245.3m), as the company seeks to fix its balance sheet and repay debt. Intu, and its joint venture partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has sold the Asturias shopping centre to ECE European Prime Shopping Centre Fund II, with Intu’s share of the [...]
Profit tumbles at retirement specialist McCarthy & Stone January 28, 2020 Profit at UK retirement home-builder McCarthy & Stone dropped sharply last year against the backdrop of “a challenging market” and costs related to a new strategy, the firm announced today. Shares in the company were up 0.5 per cent in morning trading at 154.6p, however, indicating that investors were anticipating weak results. The figures Profit [...]
Crest Nicholson blames Brexit uncertainty for profit plunge January 28, 2020 Crest Nicholson’s profit plunged 39 per cent to miss revised forecasts in a terrible year for the housebuilder, it said today. The figures Profit before tax sank from £168.7m in 2018 to £102.7m for the year ending in October. That missed guidance of between £120m and £130m, the result of last October’s profit warning. Profit [...]
Number of UK firms in ‘significant financial distress’ hits record high January 27, 2020 The number of UK businesses in significant financial distress has risen to almost 500,000, hitting the highest level since records began 16 years ago. The latest research showed that the number of firms facing significant difficulties has soared 81 per cent since 2016, reaching 494,000 in the fourth quarter of last year. Recently formed companies [...]
Ikebana: We tried out the Japanese art of ‘mindful’ flower arranging January 24, 2020 As Londoners wholeheartedly embrace houseplants, you might be trying to keep alive forests of greenery. But what about flowers? In our mindful age, flower arranging has finally come out of the shadows of the WI. It allows us to slow down and consider the fragrance, touch, colour and form of each stem as we design [...]
Property of the Week: A Wapping warehouse where WWI soldiers’ toothpaste was made January 24, 2020 Located halfway between Bank and Canary Wharf, Wapping’s waterside is a favourite location for the swanky riverside apartments of young financial services types. But dial back the clock a hundred years and it was a far grittier affair, the landscape dominated by bustling docks and factory chimneys. This penthouse that has just come on the [...]
Opinion: ‘Boris bounce’ made you want to sell your home? Do these three things first January 24, 2020 I view on average 500 properties per year, and have purchased homes for more than 300 clients. During the past 13 years I have seen some sellers get it right, and others pitch their homes horribly wrong. Sellers are feeling re-energised post-election, and with greater certainty around Brexit, we’ve seen a flurry of properties come [...]
Quintain secures £150m to build more Wembley homes January 23, 2020 Property developer Quintain is planning to build almost 400 new homes in Wembley after completing a £150m financing deal with Goldman Sachs. The funding will allow Quintain to construct 398 rental homes across three new buildings in Wembley Park, next to the Boxpark site. The development – due to be completed by May 2022 – [...]