Real Estate

  Bloomberg Allianz SE’s Mohamed El-Erian said that the forced deleveraging of U.K. commercial properties after the Brexit vote may spur opportunities for investors. “If you’re a patient investor, with a stomach for mark-to-market volatility and quasi-permanent capital, that is going to be a very attractive area,” El-Erian said in an interview on Saturday with Bloomberg Television. “But wait, let ...

  AP A business group says the $17.55 million paid for a northwest Las Vegas home by Strip illusion show headliner David Copperfield set an area record. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors said Thursday the price eclipsed the $17.375 million paid in 2007 for a mansion at the Shadow Creek Golf Club in North Las Vegas. The broker, ...

  Bloomberg Regus Plc, the world’s largest provider of serviced offices, is speeding up expansion plans in Frankfurt ahead of an anticipated surge in inquiries from financial firms leaving London. In Amsterdam, demand for its workspaces is already rising. “It will be a big opportunity for us to give banks a temporary home,” said Daniel Grimm, head of German development ...

  Bloomberg It took seven working days from the result of Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union for Standard Life Investments to freeze withdrawals from its £2.9 billion ($3.8 billion) U.K. real estate fund. For investors wanting to get money out, the wait is likely to be a lot longer. Standard Life’s decision, soon followed by six other ...

  Bloomberg Hammerson Plc, the specialist retail real estate company, said demand for its properties in the U.K. remained strong after Britain’s voted to leave the European Union last month. ”We’ve seen no let-up in leasing demand — there is a healthy level of leasing activity,” Chief Executive Officer David Atkins said in an interview . ”We continue to have ...

  Bloomberg The outlook for the U.K. property market is getting a whole lot worse. Barclays Plc cut its homebuilder ratings and London investor Great Portland Estates Plc warned about weakening office markets in the U.K. capital as Britain’s economic prospects worsen following the vote to leave the European Union. “Recent events have spooked markets — with good reason,” Barclays ...

  Bloomberg Norwegians love their homes. Nearly 85% of them own the property they live in, usually with the help of a bank. So much so, in fact, that Norway has the highest proportion of mortgages in Europe – 65.6% of the population has a home loan, according to latest available data from Eurostat. That questionable record is partly the ...

  Bloomberg Manhattan renters left their apartments in search of better deals last month, pushing back against landlord price increases and taking advantage of a flood of new choices on the market. New apartment leases totaled 5,203, a 34 percent jump from a year earlier and the first increase for June since 2012, according to a report by appraiser Miller ...

  Singapore / AFP A top Singapore bank said on Thursday it has suspended loans to anyone wanting to buy property in London, citing uncertainty from Britain’s vote to quit the EU but dealing a blow to investors looking to make the most of the weak pound. United Overseas Bank (UOB), one of the city-state’s three homegrown lenders, said it ...

  Bloomberg Washington’s Watergate office building, made famous by the political scandal that brought down President Richard M. Nixon, is under contract to be sold. New York real estate investment firm Steinbridge Group and Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. are buying 2500 and 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, also known as Watergate East, for $107 million, according to the document by brokerage ...