Curbing Foreign Investment: A Worldwide Trend

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The Canadian Province of British Columbia has become the latest legislator to attempt to curb inflows of foreign capital into its domestic residential markets. Last week, the B.C Province government took steps to ease pressures in Vancouver’s metropolitan real estate market with the introduction of a 15% stamp duty surcharge for foreign nationals. The popularity […]

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Europe: the rise of the secondary city

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International investors have long coveted exposure to Europe’s largest property markets such as London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam.  Yet, there are numerous barriers to entry that mean gaining access to these markets is difficult and there are relatively limited opportunities compared with the high levels of interest. Furthermore, following extended periods of rapid capital value growth, […]

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European resilience in the face of the emerging market turbulence: 3 reasons for optimism about the outlook

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This week, the economic news has been full of gloomy reflections on a very difficult quarter for financial markets. In Q3, stock prices have slumped by around 10% in the developed world and faster still in emerging markets, the sharpest falls in 4 years. Underlying this is evidence of a sharp slowdown in China’s real […]

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Will rising rates bring this investment cycle to an end?

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Global transactional volumes continued their period of growth in the second quarter growing by 9% over the first half of this year.  At half year transactional activity stands at US$333 billion almost 50% up on the same period just two years ago, demonstrating the attraction of real assets in this current cycle. The longer this […]

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UK housing policies laid bare with 10 weeks to election

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With 10 weeks to go until the UK General Election, latest polls from YouGov show the Conservatives and Labour are tied for the lead. YouGov’s poll indicates the Tories and Labour are both expected to win 33% of the vote on 7th May 2015. The Liberal Democrats are expected to win 8% while UKIP is in line for 15%. This means the UK is likely to see a coalition again with either […]

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JLL Crossrail tool shows effect on house prices

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Crossrail will become fully operational in late-2019. The east to west cross-London line will increase capacity by around 10% on the Capital’s tube and train network, but new research by JLL Residential forecasts how much house prices and rents are projected to rise over the next six years as well as identifying the locations that […]

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Doubling up London’s first-time buyers

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The UK builds amongst the smallest homes in the world with floor space in new homes averaging 76 sq metres. The above statistic frequently raises questions about how much space is required to meet people’s aspirations. New research from JLL Residential Research shows that first-time buyers in London are prepared to sacrifice size in favour of […]

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