Delek Global Real Estate on London's Alternative Investment Market .

Israel's Delek Real Estate Ltd. on Tuesday updated the gain it expects to post from the initial public offering of its unit Delek Global Real Estate on London's Alternative Investment Market .

Britain's property market at turning point

Britain's property market at turning point, public sector loses grip on economy and bankers to demand debt management companies agree to slash fees.

London property the focus for Arab investors

The two most expensive homes sold in London last year – a £37m former office block at 100 Park Lane and a £33m home in Belgrave Square – were both bought by Arab investors.

British Land gives go-ahead to latest tower of London: the Cheese Grater

British Land joined the growing band of property developers keen to build skyscrapers in London's financial district yesterday after it gave the go-ahead to plans for a wedge-shaped tower nestled between the Lloyd's of London building and the landmark Swiss Re tower, known as the Gherkin.

Magnat Real Estate "buy," target price raised

Analysts at First Berlin maintain their "buy" rating on Magnat Real Estate (ticker: M5R). The target price has been raised from €3.10 to €3.30.

Secured loans appeal to London homeowners

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Lend Lease eyes London Olympic village REIT-report

Australian property group Lend Lease Corp (LLC.AX: Quote, Profile , Research), which has a contract to build a 4.5 million square foot (418,100 square metre) Olympic village in east London with 4,200 apartments, said it planned to create a fund worth 1.5 billion pounds ($2.97 billion), the Daily Telegraph said.More..

Microgen completes sale of London property for 2.1 mln stg

Software company Microgen PLC said it has completed the sale of one of its long-leasehold properties, 13/14 Angel Gate, in London, for 2.1 mln stg.More...

House prices up by 13.9% in London

House prices in London were up 13.9 per cent in the 12 months since March 2006, the largest growth of England's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is three percentage points above the UK average of 10.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in London in March was £316,308

Market insider Lulu Egerton knows the agony of buying a flat only too well

The reality is that prime property in London is being driven by a supply-and-demand squeeze of extreme proportions, coupled with a wall of money from almost every corner of the globe. This is not just the place we live in; it's a place where everyone else wants to live, too. Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Chelsea, South Kensington, and Notting Hill now make up the most expensive two square miles of real estate in the world.More...

London: Where the billionaires come to roost

London real estate agents say they've never seen anything like the Russian invasion. “The Russians have incredible appetites for high-end houses,” says Trevor Abrahamson, managing director of Glentree International, a property company that caters to the ultrarich. “They will spend £20- to £30-million on a house without blinking.”MOre...

Ashurst bonds Euro, London real estate posts

Ashurst has combined its head of European real estate and London real estate managing partner posts into a single role.More...

'Gazumping' runs rampant in London real estate

It cost Richard Stansfield $4,000 to prepare the paperwork to buy a four-bedroom town house in south London's Balham neighborhood. When the seller got a better offer, the deal was lost, and so was Stansfield's money.More...

£1bn Brixton eyes Park

Brixton, which already owns 2.8m sq ft of factories, offices and warehouse space there, is planning to buy more. And it says it has a £1bn war chest to fund acquisitions.More...

London Real Estate Is World's Most Expensive

Wealth Report 2007," by real estate agent Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank, a division of US banking titan Citigroup, finds residential property in London costs an average of ?2,300 per square foot or 36,800 euros ($49,889 U.S.) per square meter.
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U.S. Company Snaps Up Glasgow Office for $66.5M

Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group International L.L.C. continues its expansion into international markets with the acquisition of a 100,000-square-foot office building in Glasgow.more..

Providers claim rising interest in real estate investment trusts

Interest in real estate investment trusts is growing amongst advisers with more than 600 registering for conferences organised by the Real Estate Investment Trust AssociationMore..

As Britain gets its first £1bn building, what price London's skyline?

It is 210 metres tall, houses 8,000 staff and has won awards for environmental efficiency. Now it's famous too. The head office of HSBC, one of two giant steel and glass boxes alongside the central tower at Canary Wharf in London, this week became the first building in Britain to be sold for more than £1bn.Nore..

AMP Capital Investors grows real estate team

Read More..“We are very pleased to have Tim joining the team in London. We now have four members of the real estate securities team located in the UK and we are looking to recruit further staff,” said Ward.

GE Buys in City of London

GE Real Estate UK has moved into the insurance district in the City of London with its £15.75 million (U.S.$31.3 million) acquisition of 10 Lloyd’s Avenue from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society.Read More..

London Stock Exchange Welcomes The Local Shopping REIT, The First New UK Specialist REIT

The Local Shopping REIT Plc today joined the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market, becoming the first new UK specialist start-up Real Estate Investment Trust to be admitted to trading since the start of the UK REIT tax regime in 2007.Read More..

HSBC Sells London Base to Metrovacesa for U.K. Record

The London headquarters of HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank by market value, was bought by Spanish real estate company Metrovacesa SA for 1.09 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), a record for a U.K. building. Read More..