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Tech Continues To See London As Its European Hub, Despite Brexit  Forbes

Will Brexit throw a spanner in the works for London's office market and booming tech scene? Find out why investors, operators and the tech companies ...

Foreign Investment Control Reforms In Europe - Government, Public Sector - Worldwide  Mondaq News Alerts

The geopolitical environment continues to drive reform of foreign investment rules in Europe, Worldwide Government, Public Sector Skadden, Arps, Slate, ...

Giraffe360 secures £1m in funding and moves HQ to London | London Business News  London Loves Business

Giraffe360, the specialist digital photography *service* for showcasing property, has secured £1m in second round funding, led by Change Ventures. The growing ...

Golden Real Estate's building produces more energy than it consumes, giving it "net-zero" status and an unbeatable marketing position.

Fabege inks €156m green loan with Brunswick  PropertyEU

Swedish developer Fabege has signed a green borrowing agreement for SEK 1.6bn (€156 mln) with Northern Europe focused-group Brunswick Real Estate.

ReferralExchange is launching a program called ReferralExchange LIVE to verify and qualify contacts obtained through third-party lead generation platforms like Zillow or realtor.com.

WiredScore secures Patrizia's Dupree to head up London markets  Property Week

Digital connectivity firm WiredScore has made a high-profile hire from real estate fund Patrizia as it targets expansion of the ratings platform in London.

Are we thinking about debt in the wrong way?  Financial Times

Ben Broadbent, deputy governor for monetary policy at the Bank of England, is no stranger to contrarian lines of argument. Back in August, he argued that ...

Timeline: The life of Jake Patterson, leading to double homicide, abduction charges  Green Bay Press Gazette

In high school, Jake Patterson enjoyed reading, seemed intelligent and had a sense of humor. He also was socially awkward and was voted “most quiet.”

A Prime London Homes Fund Has Cut Its Net Asset Value by 20%  Bloomberg

More evidence is emerging that steep price cuts are hitting home values in London's best districts as the market struggles to escape the morass that's engulfed it ...

Buyer lined up for £150m student digs in Shoreditch  Evening Standard

A consortium of investors is set to pay £150 million for a student housing block in Shoreditch, the Evening Standard can reveal. Chapter — a venture between ...

Dubai's Damac May Invest Up to $1.3 Billion in London Properties  Bloomberg

Dubai's Damac Properties PJSC plans to invest as much as 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in London's real estate market as a weaker pound makes the city ...

Knotel poised to lease Flatiron building for shared-office sector  Financial Times

New York start-up close to deal for Manhattan's wedge-shaped landmark.

Knotel poised to lease Flatiron Building for shared office sector  Financial Times

The shared office group Knotel is close to agreeing a deal to lease Manhattan's Flatiron Building that would give the flexible office sector its most recognisable ...

Syria is ready to court investors, but Europe wants to prevent that  The Washington Post

BEIRUT — As Syria courts investors to rebuild its war-shattered cities, it may find a *fresh* round of European sanctions standing in its way. The European Union ...

ORIX USA closes USD350m commercial real estate CLO platform  Property Funds World

ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) has held the closing of OREC 2018-CRE1, a USD350 million commercial real estate (CRE) collateralised loan obligation ...

Blackstone prepares Center Parcs Europe portfolio for sale  Financial Times

Blackstone has agreed new long-term leases with the operators of seven Center Parcs Europe holiday resorts in a move seen as preparing the real estate ...

Young's acquires Redcomb Pubs for £34m  MorningAdvertiser.co.uk

The operator behind 15 sites across London, the Home Counties and the south-west, Redcomb Pubs, has been sold to Young's for £34m.

Far too often, agents request feedback from other agents four or five times, resending the same text message for a solid three days after a showing. Phone calls go unreturned, and emails are ignored. Here's why you should make giving feedback — good or bad — a habit and how to do it right.

Morrison & Foerster adds private equity real estate partner in London from Reed Smith  Property Funds World

Morrison & Foerster has appointed Oliver s'Jacob as a partner in the firm's global Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) practice in London.