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News and Press Releases
12 Jul 2022

Estates Gazette: H Samuel chain loses out in landmark pandemic rent arrears arbitration award

Fprop wins first known arbitration award under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 – testament to our tenacious pursuit of what is rightfully and contractually due.

News and Press Releases
14 Jun 2018

Investors Chronicle: Profit from the deal of the year

Simon Thompson updates his buy recommendation, in detail.

Videos
27 Dec 2017

Property Week: 2018 preview – wise men of property

Leading names from across the property sector, including Fprop CEO Ben Habib (1m 55s and 3m 14s), talk about their highs and lows of the past year and preview what will be big news in 2018.

Opinions
20 Dec 2017

Fprop CEE Snapshot – Q4 2017

Fprop opinion on Polish & Romanian property markets. 

News and Press Releases
05 Dec 2017

Pensions Age Awards

First Property Group plc has been shortlisted for the Property Manager of the Year 2017 at the upcoming Pensions Age awards.

Audio
23 Nov 2017

Interim Results for the six months to 30 September 2017 (36mins, 24s)

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News and Press Releases
13 Oct 2017

Investors Chronicle: Trading Plays

Simon Thompson says First Property Group is “Building earnings momentum” and reiterates his 65p price target with a “buy” recommendation.

News and Press Releases
18 Jul 2017

Investors Chronicle: On the upgrade trail

Simon Thompson writes “…scope for earnings multiple expansion and upgrades…to drive the share price…the risk:reward ratio remains skewed to the upside…given the obvious potential for earnings upgrades, I now rate them a buy at 56p and have a new target price of 65p.”

Videos
17 Jul 2017

piworld.co.uk: First Property Group (FPO) announce their latest fund, Fprop Offices LP (4m, 39s)

The fund – 00:26/ The opportunity – 1:06/ The payment structure – 1:39/
The wider portfolio – 2:15/ The future – 3:19
News and Press Releases
17 Jul 2017

Property Week: First Property launches £182m English office fund

First Property Group has established a new seven-year term fund with eight institutional investors to invest in office blocks and business parks across England.

News and Press Releases
17 Jul 2017

IP Real Estate: UK pension schemes invest in First Property fund to capitalise on Brexit

… The asset manager said it had now raised some £250m of equity commitments from third parties since the UK referendum in June last year – partly to take advantage of the slowdown in the UK commercial property market.

News and Press Releases
17 Jul 2017

Evening Standard: I hope Habib is right

Jim Armitage writes “Habib’s bet is based on two related assumptions: that Britain’s economy won’t suffer from leaving the EU; and that the big developers are wrong to be running for the hills.”

News and Press Releases
16 Jun 2017

Investors Chronicle: Small cap gems

Simon Thompson once again backs First Property in his list of ‘Small-cap gems’ and advises investors to run profits.

News and Press Releases
14 Jun 2017

Interactive Investor:10 exciting small-cap shares the analysts have missed

Using Stockopedia tools, Ben Hobson ran a screen for AIM stocks with low broker coverage, above-average earnings growth and below-average industry valuations on a price-to-earnings basis, which identified First Property Group.

Videos
08 Jun 2017

Stocktube: Preliminary Results interview with Ben Habib, CEO (8m, 25s)

Record profits for property fund manager are clear evidence that focus on sustainable income streams is paying off, chief executive Ben Habib tells Proactive Investors.

Videos
08 Jun 2017

CNBC: ‘First Property CEO: Bullish about UK property investment’ (3 min 21s)

News and Press Releases
08 Jun 2017

Motley Fool: Managing plenty of growth

Ian Pierce notes that “High growth potential and bargain valuation are rarely terms used to describe the same company…but with an increasingly healthy balance sheet, a decent 2.8% dividend yield and fair valuation I’ll definitely be taking a closer look at First Property Group in the coming quarters.”

Opinions
01 Jun 2017

Fprop CEE Snapshot – Q2 2017

Fprop opinion on Polish & Romanian property markets.

News and Press Releases
22 May 2017

All Street Research – Business insights from Small Cap Leaders (May 2017)

The report…“takes the lid off 50 of the companies driving the new and old productive economy…It samples and distils the views of 50 dynamic business leaders on economic value.” First Property Group is profiled on page 68.

News and Press Releases
11 May 2017

Shares Magazine – First Property is greedy when others are fearful

“…at 51p the shares look an interesting prospect…”

Audio
04 May 2017

Proactiveinvestors: ‘First Property’s Ben Habib ‘very pleased’ to hang on as league-leading fund manager’ (3 min 7s)

“Ben Habib, chief executive of First Property Group PLC (LON:FPO) tells Proactive’s Andrew Scott they’ve retained their position as the best performing fund manager versus MSCI’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) Benchmark.”

News and Press Releases
04 Apr 2017

Investors Chronicle: Primed for an earnings beat

Simon Thompson reiterates his buy recommendation saying ‘I feel that my 56p target price is not only achievable, but likely to be surpassed.’

News and Press Releases
07 Mar 2017

AIM Journal (March edition, p7): First Property investments yield NAV increase

A good precis on the investment case by Andrew Hore, including the prospects for dividend growth.

News and Press Releases
06 Mar 2017

Investors Chronicle: Engineering reratings

“Simon Thompson reiterates his buy recommendation and comments on further operational progress, pointing out house broker Arden Partners upgrade to forecast earnings. He states his price target of 56p now “looks conservative”.

Videos
28 Feb 2017

Redleaf Capital Markets Day February 2017: ‘Breaking the Mould’ (3 min 30s)

First Property Group Interview with CEO Ben Habib.

Videos
28 Feb 2017

Redleaf Capital Markets Day February 2017: ‘Breaking the Mould’ (31 min 7s)

Thinking from First Principles: First Property Group Presentation by CEO Ben Habib.

Opinions
22 Feb 2017

Fprop CEE Snapshot – Q1 2017

Fprop opinion on Polish & Romanian property markets.

Videos
01 Feb 2017

Stocktube: ‘First Property Group plc – Elevator Pitch’ (1 min 35s)

Fprop plc: Why invest? One minute elevator pitch.

Opinions
12 Jan 2017

Letter to FT from Ben Habib

“What goes around comes around, Mr Carney”

Opinions
06 Jan 2017

Property Week – 2017 Predictions: Ben Habib

…I’m extremely optimistic about the future of our economy and the underlying strength of our property market. UK businesses are used to having to operate in uncertain times, and I have no doubt that they will thrive with the many opportunities created by the referendum result…