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Bank Holiday special: property sector madness

By Chris Bailey | Monday 27 August 2018


Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from ShareProphets). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


Two weekend press articles are making me think about the property sector.  The first is centred on one of the worst deals in recent years: the bonkers purchase by the Aussie company Wesfarmers of the Homebase DIY chain, on which it burned a cool one billion Aussie dollars before it sold out for a nominal sum to private equity.  You can guess the rest: a proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA), some closure of stores (well 70% amazingly are currently loss-making) and for those that will continue to stay open up to a 90% asked for rent reduction from the landlords.  

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