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The Reuben brothers, the billionaire property tycoons who own Chepstow and Doncaster racecourses, have bought the iconic Burlington Arcade in Mayfair for £300 million. Simon and David Reuben, whose interests also include data centres and…
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A second Cold War could lead to a significant number of Russians retreating from their British property investments, presenting both challenges and opportunities for British investors. It comes after a crackdown on Russian business…
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Mark Wahlberg, the Hollywood actor, has secured a prime central London property to house the first UK branch of his burger chain, Wahlburgers. Owned by Mark and his brothers Donnie and chef Paul, Wahlburgers has signed a deal to take a…
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Grosvenor, the property company controlled by the Duke of Westminster, has suffered a fall in returns as a result of the slowdown in the London property market. Grosvenor’s total return for 2017 was 2.7%, down from 8% a year ago, as the…
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WeWork, the co-working group, has made its largest property acquisition to date after joining up with two investors to buy a 13-building campus in the City of London. WeWork agreed a three-way partnership to acquire Devonshire Square…
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MPs intend to investigate the scale of money laundering in the UK, including property bought with suspected Russian "dirty money". It has been claimed that £4.4 billion of UK property may have been bought with suspicious wealth, with more…
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Amancio Ortega, the Spanish billionaire retail tycoon behind fashion chains Zara and Bershka, has grown the value of his UK property empire to over £2 billion, defying the doom and gloom surrounding the London property market. The…
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With a global client base and a decade of experience securing property finance for ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWI), my broker and research team at Enness Private Office have their finger on the pulse when it comes to mortgage…
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A low-profile hedge fund is said to be attempting to buy the debt secured against Vincent Tchenguiz’s beleaguered residential property business at a big discount to its face value. Clifden IOM No.1, an Isle of Mann-based fund, has offered…
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Dragons’ Den star James Caan has teamed up with Spire Ventures founder Faisal Butt to back a new real estate investment company. QuoinStone Investment Management, which was founded in February, is targeting value-add assets and aims to…
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London overtook New York as the biggest real estate exposure for Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund in 2017. A report from Norway's Global Government Pension Fund — the biggest sovereign wealth fund by assets under management — shows the fund…
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A buyer from the Middle East has spent more than £100 million on two penthouses in a new development in Mayfair. The unnamed buyer is understood to have bought two flats in British Land’s Clarges Mayfair scheme on Piccadilly, which offers…
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The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 made a gain of £86,651, figures show. Landlords in London gained significantly more at £253,981 – over four times more than those selling outside the capital. In fact, one in four…
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An investment firm set up by property mogul Nick Leslau has bought the terror attack-hit Manchester Arena as part of a £436 million spending spree. The acquisition by Secure Income Reit comes 10 months after the arena’s bombing during a…
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An Irish property tycoon has won a long-fought battle to buy Brixton’s covered markets in south London. The famous market has been sold for £37.3 million to a private group of real estate companies, which includes Limerick-born property…
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The freehold to a block of flats in Birmingham, regarded as the worst example of leasehold abuse in the country, has been bought for £180,000. It means buyers of the small one-bedroom flats – who thought they would be paying just £250 a…
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