Insight

Current global issues have positive long-term finance effect

Stuart Buchanan of Acuitus Finance looks at how movements in long-term swap rates are impacting the availability of property investment finance. “As I write this on March 9th, current global...

Development edges back onto the agenda

Acuitus’s Peter Cunliffe looks at why through a combination of more political certainty, shortage of space in certain locations and increased enthusiasm on the part of lenders, development is coming...

Development opportunity features at Acuitus March auction

A London development opportunity close to the UK head office of fast food giant, McDonald’s, is among the 47-lots at the Acuitus auction on March 26th. The 0.33-acre site is...

Investment seminar looks ahead to 2020

The latest Acuitus/MSCI Investment seminar looked at commercial property performance in 2019, and what the first round of 2020 auctions have indicated about market conditions. MSCI’s Luke Pakes reported that...

Strong demand for retail as February auction raises £20.48m

There was strong investor demand for retail property as Acuitus raised £20.48m with an 82% success rate at its first auction of 2020. Two properties let to Barclays Bank in...

Latest cPAD report charts 2019 market

The latest Commercial Property Auction Data (cPAD) Market Flash shows  looks at the sector’s progress in 2019 and how it responded to the continued political and economic conditions. Sales in...

Catalogue launched for first 2020 auction

Two properties that are both close to regional airports are among the 51 lots that Acuitus will be selling at its first auction of the year on February 12th. Hi...

Acuitus ends year with 90% success rate for 2019

The sixth and final Acuitus commercial property auction of 2019 raised £21.21m and saw the firm’s average success rate by value for the year rise to 90%. The average value...

Property funds and the liquidity problem

The suspension of the M&G Property Portfolio Fund coincided almost to the day with the publication of a viewpoint by Richard Auterac on how open-ended funds could address liquidity issues. To...

Development opportunities feature in December auction

Properties with scope for development feature in the catalogue for the Acuitus auction on December 11th. Two vacant freehold office buildings in Manchester’s Green Quarter with potential for redevelopment are...

Retail parades get investor attention

Charlie Powter looks at the growing appeal to investors of retail parades and the asset management opportunities they provide. On the face of it, parades of local shops in secondary...

Investors eye alternatives as sale raises £34m

The trend for investors continuing to be active in the real estate market notwithstanding political uncertainty was emphatically borne out at the Acuitus October auction when 82% of the lots sold...

A Brexit ‘blessing’ for property investment?

Acuitus Chairman, Richard Auterac, writes in the Property Chronicle about a possible upside to the resolution of Brexit here

Seminar highlights long-term performance

The latest Acuitus/MSCI Investment seminar highlighted property’s long-term performance against other investment media and also the high level of finance which is available to back auction purchases. MSCI’s Luke Pakes...

Investors buy brands as July sale £33.81m

Investors targeted properties occupied by some well-known business brands as Acuitus’s July auction saw the sale of £33.81m of assets and a success rate of 86%. Three trade counter investments...