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Brexit ‘hiatus’ hampers city property markets

INVESTMENT in Scotland’s commercial property market fell 12 per cent last year as the Brexit vote all but ground activity to a halt for a period. The performance, which saw total spent across all sectors fall to £1.78bn having passed £2bn last year, was described as “reasonably resilient” given the context of the decision to […]

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Brexit set to weigh on property prices in 2017

Analysts say rising inflation and bond yields also pose a challenge n the City of London’s insurance district, close to the “Cheesegrater” tower, the core of another skyscraper — 22 Bishopsgate — is rapidly rising out of the ground. The decision this autumn to proceed with the 1.4m sq ft development, whose investors considered pulling […]