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28 Nov 2011

FT Adviser: Fprop CEO Ben Habib recommends looking outside London to the secondary property markets

Ben Habib, CEO, writes that high sustainable income streams can be found in the UK secondary markets, where yields on commercial investment property have not pre-priced to the same extent as those in the prime London markets.

01 Nov 2011

IP Real Estate: CEE’s largest economy offers institutional opportunities

Ben Habib, CEO, writes for IP Real Estate magazine on Polish real estate.

07 Mar 2011

NAPF: Ben Habib – Property investment should be all about Income Generation

Ben Habib, CEO, writes for the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Investment Conference 2011…The reason often cited for bad property investment experiences is “too much leverage”. Actually the primary reason is overpaying for an asset in the first place and then, secondarily, employing debt finance against this inflated price or a revaluation. The net effect is to render the debt unserviceable by the low income yields being generated by the property.