abrdn Property Income Trust expects commercial real estate returns to turn positive this year, after a difficult 2022. The company today reported a -12.8% NAV total return for the year to 31 December 2022, having been impacted by a rapid revaluation of assets due to higher interest rates and increased cost of its own debt. […]
abrdn European Logistics Income saw its EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) reduce 8.1% to €1.25 per share in the year to 31 December 2022, due to the market-wide outward yield movements as a result of rising interest rates. The group’s portfolio value fell 4% on a like-for-like basis, but increased 14% to €759m (31 December […]
Total returns for UK real estate were positive in March, data from MSCI showed, the first positive return since June last year. The month-on-month total return in March was 0.67% (a 0.46% income return from rental income and a 0.21% capital return). Average values rose during the month after eight straight months of declines. “The rebound […]
Picton Property (PCTN) is exploring converting some of its office assets into “higher value alternative uses”, as market conditions in the office sector continue to be tricky. The company has used permitted development rights to secure residential use at its part vacant Angel Gate office in London, EC1. Consent has also been secured across seven […]
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has posted annual results for 2022 and, in line with the property sector, saw the valuation of its portfolio hit in the second half of the year due to higher interest rates. Highlights include: A net asset value (NAV) total return of -9.2% NAV per share as at 31 December 2022 […]
Industrials REIT has agreed terms on a £511m cash offer for the company by US private equity giant Blackstone. Under the offer, each shareholder would receive 168p per share, which represents a premium of 42.4% to the closing price on 31 March 2023 (the last day before the initial announcement about a possible bid was […]
“One of the greatest wealth transfers from shareholders to managers in listed history.” That was the assessment of Sean Hurst, incoming chairman of Dolphin Capital Investors – the small-cap high-end resort developer focused on eastern Mediterranean. The board is tasked with overseeing the sell-off of the company’s remaining assets and returning as much money as […]
UK Commercial Property REIT has secured new leases across three assets at a combined weighted premium of 40% to previous passing rent, reflecting the strength of occupier demand in the industrial and retail warehouse sectors. Webcon, a supplier of car parts, has agreed a five-year lease renewal for the 10,000 sq ft Unit 1 at […]
Home REIT’s board has announced that it has received proposals from six candidates to act as the company’s investment adviser, which it is reviewing and expects to make an appointment over the coming weeks. The new investment adviser will take over from Alvarium Home REIT Advisors Limited, after its many failings that were first exposed […]
UK Commercial Property REIT posted a NAV total return for the year ended 31 December 2022 of -18.1%, due to market yield expansion following increased interest rates and macro-economic position. NAV was down 21.9% to 79.7p in the year, with the value of its portfolio down 15.4% to £1,275.6m. Over the longer term, the group’s […]
