Investors looking for fresh ideas on where to invest their allocation to real estate could do worse than look at the nascent private rented sector (PRS) in the UK. PRS as an asset class is still at an embryonic stage in the UK (huge in the US and Germany) due to the hardened home ownership […]
Capital & Regional, the shopping centre REIT, has reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure and reduce the debt secured over four of its mall assets, including the launch of a fully underwritten open offer to raise £30m. The facility currently comprises a £265m debt with RBS and TIAA secured over the four mall […]
Grainger has exchanged conditional contracts to forward fund and acquire Merrick Place, a build-to-rent development scheme in Southall, west London, for £141m. Proceeds from Grainger’s recent equity placing will be used to acquire the 401 home development. Located adjacent to Southall Station, which includes the new Crossrail station, Merrick Place will also comprise 18,116 sq […]
PRS REIT has reported significant progress in the delivery of private rented housing portfolio in full year results. The group almost doubled the number of homes in its portfolio in the year to 30 June 2021, from 2,082 to 3,984. In the quarter to 30 September 2021 it has added a further 307, bringing the […]
Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has published a full response to short-seller criticisms that has led to a 25% fall in the group’s share price. ShadowFall, an investor that sells stock in companies it doesn’t own and then publishes negative research on them with the aim of buying back the shares at a cheaper price, published […]
It has been a turbulent few weeks for the social housing sector, with the biggest fund Civitas Social Housing being aggressively targeted by a short-seller. Not only has this hit the share price of Civitas (down 27.5% since 5 August) and its listed peer Triple Point Social Housing REIT (down 17% since mid-August), but it […]
With the re-opening of the economy seeing consumers return to physical retail and the important role stores play in omnichannel retail strategies becoming more apparent, is now the time to look at retail again? Pricing has already started to recover in the retail park segment of the market (where investor appetite is strong for reasons […]
Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has reported a 2.4% uplift in net asset value (NAV) in full year results to the end of June 2021. NAV increased to 85.58p per share (from 83.58p) thanks to a 4.3% uplift in the valuation of its long-income property portfolio to £109.23m. EPRA earnings for the year were 5.55p per […]
Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income (ASLI) has raised £125m in a significantly oversubscribed issue. A total of 114.7 million new shares will be issued at a price of 109.0p. The board said despite the oversubscription, a scaling back exercise had to be undertaken with investor demand substantially exceeding £125m. Tony Roper, chairman, said: “The very […]
Normally the dull end of the real estate world (meant in the nicest possible way), the social housing real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has thrown up two of the biggest pieces of news this week – Civitas Social Housing (CSH) coming under attack from a short seller and Home REIT (HOME) raising £350m in […]
