After a quiet final quarter to 2007, potential buyers returned to theMidtown, City and Docklands market in January and February 2008in sufficient numbers to stabilise prices. The market was admittedlyslow and the number of serious enquiries was less than normal, butsales were agreed. On 7th February, the Bank of England made aquarter point cut in [...]

Almost $20bn (£10.2bn) of real estate funds are to be launched this week as equity raising for property investment shows no sign of slowing, in spite of apparent difficulties in global property markets and proeprty in London.
MGPA, the London-based private equity real estate investor part-owned by Australia’s Macquarie Bank, has closed its third real estate [...]

Dubai World said on Tuesday it had bought Wal-Mart-owned (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) property developer Gazeley Limited, and a source familiar with the matter said the Dubai government investment firm had paid between 300 and 400 million pounds ($588-$784 million).
Dubai World would not comment on the price.
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Dubai World’s chairman, said in [...]

As Britain wakes up to the nightmare of negative equity, we are facing a housing recession far worse than that of the early 1990s. Iain Macwhirter has a warning: don’t buy a house now, at any price. Just say no. You have been warned
Kingston Quay in Glasgow is one of the smart dockside [...]

London property south of the river is still appreciating in value, according to new research.
A study by Hamptons has revealed that prices in SE1 property have remained the most buoyant with a 4.6 per cent growth per square foot (PSF) in the last three months.
Camberwell (SE5) experienced a 3.9 per cent increase whilst Battersea (SW11) [...]