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Recent business rate reclassifications for serviced offices will deliver a £600m annual hit to the sector, threatening both serviced offices and the government's economic growth mission, according to analysis from ChamberlainWalker.
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London faces losing more than 42,000 new homes from its development pipeline as planned residential projects are being eroded by viability challenges, according to a report from Savills.
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The decade of cheap money feels like a long-distant memory after a seemingly never-ending parade of black-swan events.
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The number of transactions in the prime London housing market last month fell 41% year on year amid weaker market conditions, according to new data from LonRes.
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Planning consents for build-to-rent (BTR) homes in London are taking an average of 15 months to secure, 150% longer than the statutory time limit, research from the British Property Federation (BPF) has revealed.
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Despite regulatory changes and tax reforms making news headlines, the UK holiday let market has become a more professionalised industry and a more compelling opportunity than ever to maximise returns on property investment.
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The UK residential market has shown signs of slowing as heightened geopolitical uncertainty, linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict, weighs on buyer sentiment and transactional activity.
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Branded residences are entering an industry-defining phase. After years of rapid expansion and increasing global visibility, the sector has reached a moment of reckoning. As markets mature and buyers become more discerning, branded real estate is beginning to diverge on to two distinct paths: developments driven by surface-level branding and those built with genuine quality, longevity and purpose.
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The announcement on 8 April of a tentative two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran saw oil prices fall and markets rally.
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Property fund outflows jumped to £44m in March, which was more than double than the volume of February’s net selling of £20m, according to Calastone’s Fund Flow Index.
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New data from CBRE suggests the care home sector is moving into the “mainstream” as 68% of investors increased their healthcare provision last year.
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The London Property Alliance (LPA) is calling for offices to be designated as critical infrastructure in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), as a shortage of modern office space risks "choking" economic growth.
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The Department for Transport has launched a £165m Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund to help kickstart stalled housing and employment developments in England.
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Former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg wrote in an opinion piece in the London Evening Standard in 2018 that “culture attracts capital more than capital attracts culture”.
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Just under £5bn of UK grocery store sale-and-leaseback deals have completed in the past five years, according to the latest data from Savills.
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The construction of tall buildings in the capital costs 40% more than it did six years ago, outstripping increases in other major cities, according to a report by professional services provider Turner & Townsend.
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While exact numbers are not yet available, CBRE believes artificial intelligence (AI) companies have taken up more than 1m sq ft of space in London between 2020 and 2025.
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When Sarah Milne became chief executive of mezzanine lender Property Box Finance last September, she entered a development market facing significant pressure – but also one where the right type of capital could make a meaningful difference.
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Data from insight and research company Glenigan has revealed that UK construction starts plummeted by 39% in the three months to the end of February 2026.
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Prime minister Keir Starmer has asked housing secretary Steve Reed to investigate allegations that landlord Criterion Capital is mass evicting tenants ahead of new renters' rights laws coming into effect.
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