The New Year seems like a good time to remind commercial property owners that a little known deadline is rapidly approaching. As much as £80bn in tax relief is being left unclaimed, according to research, and any left unclaimed by April will be lost... Read More
With two multi-million pound developments on the horizon, a Midland’s city is preparing its annual visit to the world’s largest commercial property show with “its most optimistic message for the last five years”. Last year Coventry — which... Read More
A new property register for Malta would level the commercial playing field and close a tax loophole, according to supporters of the online database. If it receives government approval the Mediterranean island should see its Property Market Value Index... Read More
Global retail properties saw the highest levels of growth in capital values and rents of all property types during the third quarter, according to a new report released by CBRE. The global retail capital value index increased by a full two percentage... Read More
Scotland Yard — the backdrop to thousands of crime stories and hundreds of film and television mysteries — is being converted into a £10,000-a-night luxury hotel. The Grade II listed former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police is one of a... Read More
A US congressman is pressuring Washington to repeal a law which forces foreign real estate investors to pay up to 35 per cent of a building’s sale price to the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). Republican Kevin Brady claims scrapping the 33-year-old tax... Read More
Ireland’s Green Property has unveiled what it claims is the biggest single office floor space in the city of Liverpool. The Dublin-based company hopes its 35,000sq ft refurbishment of the iconic India Buildings in Water Street will help attract... Read More
Commercial property investors in the United Kingdom are prepared to take on more debt for new transactions as the market recovery heats up. The average loan-to-value ratio sought by investors increased to 58.3 per cent in Q3 of the year from 43.6 per... Read More
But hoteliers await World Cup bonanza Rental prices for commercial property in next summer’s football World Cup host Brazil will fall in 2014 due to excess supply and declining occupancy rates, according to analysts. Sao Paulo Prices in Sao Paulo,... Read More
The sale of a half-empty Manhattan building — for less than $1m of its pre-recession price — is being seen as the final hurdle in the American commercial property market recovery. The six-storey office block at 246 Fifth Avenue was bought at... Read More