The combination of rapid urbanization and increased consumer spending power, Africa offers lucrative opportunities for investors looking to get exposure to both retail and office developments on the continent, Africa Property News reports. According to... Read More
According to property consultancy Knight Frank, investor interest in the North East commercial market extends beyond the core sectors. Investment partner Dickon Wood said that all sectors have seen an increase in investment activity over the last year... Read More
Mayfair Capital’s Property Income Trust for Charities (PITCH) has increased its investment portfolio to £350 million on the back of £17.3 million of acquisitions. The first acquisition is the forward purchase of an office building on Cambridge... Read More
The UK regions are becoming an increasingly attractive target for foreign investors. Driven by a surge in North American, Chinese and European money, regional investment last year reached an all-time high, claims DTZ’s latest property... Read More
Just weeks after it announced it had amassed a £100m war chest to spend on prestige UK property The Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust has made its first two purchases. The acquisitions — in Chester and Lytham St Annes — come after the trust’s... Read More
A rising number of Chinese are applying for EB-5 visas, which give US citizenship in return for a minimum $500,000 investment into a business in the country, according to real estate services firm Savills Studley (Savills). Chinese nationals are... Read More
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) says the country’s $NZ180 billion ($US 132.21 billion) commercial property market is less risky than it was before the global financial crisis because less debt is being used to provide funding for new developments and... Read More
Healthcare property continues to outperform all other commercial sectors, a new survey has shown. Last year returns from healthcare investment reached nine per cent for the first time in more than a decade. Sponsored by chartered surveyors Aitchison... Read More
The troubles facing the “Big Four” supermarket chains in the UK have been well documented for some time, with the influx of discount competition and resulting falling sales causing many to rein back on new store openings. However, it appears that the... Read More
Chinese investment in overseas commercial real estate has surged, and more Chinese investors are focusing on the Canadian market, according to a report released by a Vancouver-based commercial real estate firm. In 2014, the global outflow of Chinese... Read More
