UK Business Property - RSS FeedCommercial Property NewsREIT's share prices now look attractive to new investors in commercial property- August 20, 2007 The share prices of real estate investment trusts (Reits) have been battered over the past year from short-term investors pulling out and fears over the commercial property market.While the companies, which were previously generalist propertyhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/208 Analysts concerns that volume and and values in commercial property market will be hit- August 17, 2007 Investment return figures published on Wednesday by the Investment Property Databank, warn that the commercial property sector was at its most depressed for 12 years.IPD said the average commercial property investment recorded a total rehttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/206 UK Balanced Property Trust shareholders approve sale to GE Real Estate- August 17, 2007 The UK Balanced Property Trust Ltd said its shareholders have passed the resolution approving the proposed sale of the trust's entire property portfolio to GE Real Estate for 417.5 mln stg, at the EGM.The company said it expects the sale to behttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/207 British Land reveals 3% rise in NAV for last quarter- August 16, 2007 British Land posted a quarter-to-quarter 3 percent rise in Net Asset Value today and said its business was performing well as occupancy levels remained high in the office and retail markets.Britain's second-largest listed real estate investmenhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/204 Government to reform planning system for "green" permitted development for commercial property- August 16, 2007 Communities’ secretary Hazel Blears has asked environmental and planning consultancy Entec to draw up new planning rules that will make it easier for businesses to install green technologies like solar panels and wind turbines.The researhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/205 Quintain set to outperform property market as a result of specialising in regeneration sector- August 15, 2007 Quintain Estates & Development said on today efforts to diversify its business had put the company in a good position to outperform turbulent UK property market conditions.Shares in Quintain outperformed other property stocks and the broadhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/203 Commercial property not as popular with SIPP's as anticipated- August 15, 2007 A third of investors stay with conventional life office investment choices even when they opt for a self-invested personal pension (Sipp) figures from James Hay reveal.Since A-Day much has been made of the ability of Sipp holders to invest inhttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/202 Westbury Property Fund sells all commercial property assets to buy Eddie Stobart for 138 million- August 15, 2007 The Westbury Property Fund plans to transform itself into a transport and logistics business by selling its property assets and buying haulier Eddie Stobart.Westbury said today it was selling its wholly-owned property assets for £1http://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/201 New Property Authorised Investment Funds (PAIFS) due next April will stmulate further commercial property investment.- August 14, 2007 The open-ended equivalent of UK real estate investment trusts recently proposed in a government discussion paper should not be seen as a competitor to the existing closed-ended version, according to REITS specialists.The new Property Authorisehttp://www.ukbusinessproperty.co.uk/news/article/198 |