Cross border buyers invest £1.27 billion in central London commercial property market in April

According to Savills, April 2017 saw £1.27 billion invested in central London commercial property across 20 deals, taking total investment volumes central London commercial property for the year to date to a record £5.89 billion, 4% ahead of the same point last year. Notably, £3.4 billion of all transactions occured in the City, a 13% …

London investment volumes reach £4.1 billion in Q4 2016, says CBRE

Investment volumes in London jumped to £4.1 billion in Q4 2016, according to the latest Property Perspective report from global real estate advisor, CBRE. This represented the strongest quarter since Q4 2015, meaning total volumes for the year reached £13.1 billion. Whilst this does represent a fall in volumes from the previous year, this was …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blames Asian buyers for Vancouver’s housing crisis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed Asian buyers for Vancouver’s housing crisis.Overseas money coming is playing a role in Canada’s housing affordability crisis, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. “We know that there is an awful lot of capital that left Asia in the past few years,” Trudeau told CBC Radio host Stephen Quinn on …