As it happened: FTSE 100 soars after Bank of England holds interest rates FTSE 100 Live Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 liveblog. Investors responded positively to the Bank of England’s widely tipped decision to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent on Thursday. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said that volatile energy prices caused by the Iran war will push inflation up further than its current 3.1 [...]
The five REITs primed to be bought next Investing Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been dropping like flies this year, as competitors increasingly pursue mergers to grow their size, and many have begun to speculate about which one might be next to go. The largest merger of the year was LXI REIT, which was bought out by Londonmetric Property at the start of [...]
Picton Property Income sells £29m London office next to Angel Tube station Property Located a block away from Angel tube station, the office sold for five per cent above its valuation in December and brings in a rental income of £700,000 a year.