News about London

PETALING JAYA (March 22): Despite the slowdown in the property market, demand for Asia Pacific’s office space increased by 33% in 2015 compared with 2014, said JLL’s head of research of Asia Pacific capital markets Megan Walters.

Ching Chiat Kwong, a former policeman-turned-serial entrepreneur and property developer, is used to taking risks.

PETALING JAYA (March 3): i-Bhd’s Hyde Tower  apartment project at its flagship i-City integrated development in Shah Alam is 90% taken up since its launch last Sunday.

S P Setia Bhd (Feb 26, RM3) Maintain neutral with a lower target price (TP) of RM3.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 24): About 33% of London’s West End homes were sold for above £2,250 psf in the final quarter last year (4Q2015), compared with 10% of the market a year ago, said international property services firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) senior director Jamie Gunning in the firm’s report on the area’s residential market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Real estate investment consultancy Cornerstone International Properties is launching London Spring Place (LSP), a new phase of a London purpose-built student accommodation project, in Malaysia tomorrow despite the poor local economic sentiment.

S P Setia Bhd’s three-month “Jet Set with Setia” campaign, held in conjunction with its 40th anniversary, found a grand prize winner in Lee Sheng Jie at the concluding lucky draw on Dec 12 last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Buy-to-let investors in the UK are rushing into the market ahead of a stamp duty increase, said surveyors in a report by BT.

Amcorp Properties Bhd (Feb 5, 84 sen) Maintain buy with a target price (TP) of RM1.

LONDON (Feb 3): The most affordable property prices across the London Underground network are found in Zones 4 and 5, with average prices ranging from £237,000 (RM1.