Dave Keating

PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number nine - London broke records in 2007 for the most expensive property ever sold. Were the sellers calling the top of the market?

PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number nine - London broke records in 2007 for the most expensive property ever sold. Were the sellers calling the top of the market?

PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number four - sovereign wealth funds have become major forces in global real estate investing.

PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number four - sovereign wealth funds have become major forces in global real estate investing.

As 2007 draws to a close, the end-of-year surveys reveal that despite gloomy predictions for the short-term future, investors in alternatives still view real estate as a safe bet for the medium-term.

Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.

Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.

The Italian real estate investment firm has teamed with Unicredit Bank to create two new regional branches that will target residential development projects.

The Dallas-based firm has acquired B-Line, which purchases and services bankrupt consumer receivables.

In one of two private equity investments in a professional services firm announced today, the San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman will take a majority interest of AlixPartners along with the firm’s management.