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Property group turns to Dylan for inspiration
The four horsemen of the apocalypse made an appearance in the property industry on Tuesday as UK developer Brixton warned that worse was to come for the struggling sector

TSE to quiz Urban on swap deal
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is looking into a convertible bond issued by Urban, the Japanese property developer that collapsed last week with $2.3bn in debts, and underwritten by BNP Paribas, after it emerged that material details had not been disclosed to investors

Royal to raise $2bn to develop island
Cambodian conglomerate is raising $2bn from private investors, together with Hong Kong-based Millennium Group, to develop the island of Koh Rong

Buoyant oil cities give office market a lift
Pumped-up oil prices are buoying commercial property in some US cities closely linked to the commodity, even as most of the rest of the country succumbs to a dramatic real-estate slump

Singapore property set for a fall
Having reached stratospheric heights, Singapore's property market looks set to hit some turbulence that could produce an equally significant fall, writes John Burton

Lehman faces fight to shed real estate assets
Few Wall Street firms have embraced commercial real estate as aggressively as Lehman Brothers. Now Lehman's near-term fate depends in part on whether it can attract buyers for the assets and securities in its property portfolio

Lehman in talks to sell $40bn in real estate
Lehman Brothers is in talks with potential buyers over the sale of its $40bn portfolio of commercial real estate assets and securities in an effort to replenish its balance sheet

A wide generation gap on property ladder
While Joy McCallin has been able to take advantage of the huge house price growth, her son Gabriel is part of a generation that is struggling to rise up the housing ladder

British Land halts work on Cheesegrater
The decision to freeze the development was welcomed by investors but this fails to hide one of the most bearish statements to date on the property sector

British Land
By shelving plans for the Cheesegrater, British Land is bowing to the inevitable

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