Real Estate news

Following last year’s election, the UK annual house price growth rose to a 14-month high as investors’ confidence returns in the region’s markets. One the leading mortgage lenders in the UK, Nationwide Building Society, reported property prices had risen by 1.4% from December to January, and about 1.9% higher than a year ago, marking the fastest annual growth since November 2018. On average, a house in the UK now costs £21...

Fiera Real Estate, a leading property creator and manager, wholly owned by Fiera Capital Group, is merging with its UK subsidiary Palmer Capital Partners, as it seeks to align its UK operations. The group has rebranded its UK acquisition after assuming an 80% stake in the investment firm late last year. Fiera Capital is a multi-product investment firm boasting more than $124 billion worth of assets under management. The group owns Fiera Real Esta...

Since the 70s, Entrepreneur has been ranking top 500 franchises in the whole of the United States. According to the magazine, they rank the companies based on growth/size, fees/costs, financial muscle/stability, brand popularity, and franchisee support. Throughout history, the ranking got more and more competitive, making it difficult for most franchises to remain at the top for as little as two years in a row. But despite that, some companies, e...

Whichever way you choose to look at it, real estate activities materially impact the climate. A study by Global Alliance for Building and Construction shows that building and construction activities account for about 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, and are also responsible for more than a third of energy use globally. Frequent changes in climatic conditions are resulting in extreme weather patterns that ultimately impact real esta...

2019 went down as the worst year for the UK real estate in a decade. The markets were mainly affected by the pending premiership elections and the Brexit. While the uncertainty hasn’t fully cleared, some parts of Europe are already experiencing modest to massive gains in their real estate rental prices. One such place is Croatia – where since last year, the market price per square meter for rental apartments has jumped by about 10%, p...

A real estate investment trust yesterday reported that despite the economic and political instability in the region, UK rental rates have risen over the past year. Real Estate Investors PLC said that contracted rents increased to £17.7 million or by 3.9% in 2019. The trust, which boasts of a portfolio of about 1.6 million square feet of commercial property, renewed nine leases in the past year and closed 44 new lettings. “Despite high level...

The UK house prices were negatively impacted by the Brexit uncertainty for the better part of last year, but tables started turning as we approached 2020. On average, the UK housing market closed off the year with a 1.4% gain; this is according to a report by Nationwide Building Society. The society indicated that the house prices in most parts of the UK took a hit up until October before the market started recovering to close the year with the m...

So much investment is tied up in the property markets. Any up or down movement has life-changing impacts. That is why the market needs a vast pool of thoughts from industry experts to keep investors informed of the latest and future trends. Disruptor Daily recently caught up with a couple of real estate experts to pick their brains on the future of the industry. Here’s what a few had to say: Luke Babich, CSO at Clever “Information about home...

In recent times, different real estate predictions from various experts on cities such as Boston and Washington show a thriving sector occasioned by tight inventory and low-interest rates. While property price increments have stalled in these cities, their demand and prices continue to stabilise. But when it comes to the overall US real estate outlook, statistics are less pleasant: most urban areas have seen home value growth decline to 2015 leve...

The UK property market is expecting a short-term improvement in sentiment following last week’s massive win by the Conservancy party, enabling Prime Minister Boris Johnson to retain his seat in a tightly-contested election. However, fund managers are still concerned about the fate of the property market beyond next year. CEO of AEW, Rob Wilkinson expressed his concerns saying: “A Tory majority is the most positive or benign outcome fo...

Boris Johnson’s landslide win on Thursday triggered the pound to hit a 12-month high, within the first 20 minutes of the Prime Minister’s victory. Financial markets are responding to the pro-business Conservative Party victory and the coming to an of the dramatisation of Brexit. Analysts and savvy investors predicted a surged market after the election, and true to that, the real estate sector is beginning to recede. The property market had been m...

If you’ve been in the property industry for long enough, chances are you’ve interacted with several real estate agents. Agents provide prospective clients with useful information to enable them to make a buy or rent decision. But the agents are sometimes reluctant to provide certain information, but it is not their fault. Property brokers and agents operate in a highly-regulated space, and as such, they can only disclose so much to their clients....

The demand for the UK’s newly built homes seems to be increasing during this festive period of December. According to a report released by Stone Real Estate last Thursday, the prices of newly built homes are largely not affected by the holiday seasons. The agency further noted that new building sales have been on the rise for the past five years during the months of December, while sales for existing properties tend to dip during the period...

Planning your financial future is important, and the trick lies in understanding how to maximize returns on the amounts you invest. With the recent changes in SEC laws, ordinary investors can now take advantage of low-risk high-return real estate portfolios that were previously reserved for the “big boys” only. And with advancements in fintech, you can now invest in real estate projects at the comfort of your home or office, with as lit...

The UK real estate could be headed for a major bounce back in the next five years, after months of plummeting prices. The crisis, which has now lasted across the country for several quarters, could not-so-long from now come to an end, this is according to a Wednesday report by Savills. Savills is a brokerage and real estate adviser based in London and its recent report predicts a 15.3% price jump for existing UK homes between the year 2020 and 20...

Metro Vancouver real estate is not about to stay down despite the laid down plans to slow down the local housing market. Evidence shows that the housing sector is ramping, in fact, much faster than anticipated. “Since the bottoming out earlier this year, we have seen significant momentum building for the Lower Mainland / Metro Vancouver area,” says Brian Yu, the deputy chief economist for Central 1. “Sales have risen significantly, markets are ti...

The United Kingdom’s opposition party, the Labour Party, has promised to broaden the tax base imposed on foreign trusts and companies looking to invest in the UK. This is part of the party’s long-term tax strategy, and it looks to impose a tax purchase charge on all properties bought by foreigners, in addition to the current surcharges and stamp duties. According to Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, the revenue is necessary to “raise essent...