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Over the past two or so years, as the real estate market has taken a downturn, there has been a noticeable decrease in portfolio sales involving multiple properties. That said, a significant one was quietly completed earlier this year. PCI Developments has sold its Yarrow, Aster, and Kaslo rental buildings in East Vancouver to RealStar in a share sale. Full story: https://lnkd.in/gVBtG7wZ PCI Developments | Realstar #Vancouver #BCrealestate #realestate #realestatenews

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OUT NOW: Knight Frank Land Index & Housebuilder Survey Q2 2025  Responses to our latest Land Index survey of almost 50 volume and SME housebuilders has revealed: - 6,600+ homes stuck in limbo due to Gateway 2  - 50% of developers face 12+ month delays  - Nearly half were blocked by S106 affordable housing obligations and viability issues  - 82% expect housing starts to stay flat or decline in next 3 months    The Government’s building safety rules are inadvertently strangling housing supply. Charlie Hart, Head of Development Land at Knight Frank, said: “Entrepreneurial developers build in our cities, where density and infrastructure constraints require them to be nimble and dynamic, yet over-regulation is stifling delivery. Developers understand what new homes buyers and renters want and need. Trust their judgment by setting the parameters to ensure safety, but allowing the flexibility to stimulate low-risk development that prioritises speed to market.” Download the full report here: https://bit.ly/4oz7OIH   #KnightFrank #PropertyMarket #UKHousinfgCrisis 

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✅ Members of AREF (The Association of Real Estate Funds), BPF and Investment Property Forum have voted overwhelmingly in favour of creating Real Estate:UK (RE:UK).   Launching on 1 January 2026, RE:UK will serve as a unified convenor and voice for the whole of the real estate sector, bringing together institutional and private investors, property companies, developers, asset owners, managers and advisers.   Its work will focus on six key pillars: 📢 Advocacy 📊 Research and data 💡 Thought leadership and innovation 🤝 Networking and events 📚 Upskilling and training 📏 Standards and guidance   This is an exciting milestone and a strong endorsement of a shared vision for a unified and powerful voice for real estate in the UK.   ➡️ You can read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/erfj_2Hb

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Complex case specialist Market Harborough Building Society has reduced residential larger loan rates by up to 0.60%, for cases between £3m and £5m. The specialist lender’s variable, and two, three and five-year fixed larger loan rates have dropped by the following: Tier one rates: by 0.35% Tier two rates: by 0.60% Tier three rates: by 0.15% Its standard residential rates for cases up to £3m remain unchanged. The Society’s larger loan rates now start from 5.24% fixed and 5.59% variable for tier one cases, with a fixed product fee of £2,495. The specialist lender will also reduce its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 0.20% to 7.39% on 1 October. https://lnkd.in/extfqieA

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Later living developer-operator Pegasus Homes has secured new debt financing for its rental strategy and a new £32m loan for its ‘for sale’ stock from Barclays UK Corporate Bank and Leumi UK respectively. https://lnkd.in/eDQzf48e

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If you underwrite a development at £70 per sq ft, but are getting rents that top £100 per sq ft, that’s got to put a little pep in your step, right? It certainly has for Aviva Investors, according to this piece from Tim Burke in Estates Gazette this week. Aviva is standing by its conviction in offices with three big schemes in the Square Mile at varying stages of progression and is on the hunt for more opportunities in the City. Demand is on the up, supply remains tight. The maths is starting to make sense, even if margins remain uncomfortably tight. Offices, good offices in the right locations, are back. And while flexibility in how we work and hybrid working is here to stay, so too is the importance of the office. We heard earlier this week from Revolut boss Nik Storonsky how vital its new HQ is to its global ambitions and in driving innovation, here Aviva’s new global head of real estate James Stevens puts it even more simply: “It’s unequivocal. You need an office.” As Dan Carey would say, viva la office renaissance. Head to https://lnkd.in/e4qRCc65 to read the article. 📸 Aviva Investors’ One Liverpool Street. Designed by Eric Parry Architects.

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