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The profile of investment in the UK has undergone a significant shift in the decade since the Brexit referendum, according to legal tech provider Search Acumen. By analysing historical inward foreign direct investment (FDI) datasets from the Office for National Statistics, the firm assessed annual European investment flows into the UK between 2006 and 2025.
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Corporate distress across Europe increased during the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest Weil European Distress Index (WEDI).
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Investment in the UK’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector totalled around £3bn in H1 in the second-strongest half year on record, with student accommodation investment surging by 77%, according to new data from JLL.
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The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that up to 755,000 new construction workers could be needed to deliver 1.5 million homes and associated infrastructure works by 2030.
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London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s Affordable Housing Programme (AHP) has missed its revised delivery targets by around a fifth (19.5%) as housebuilding across the capital continues to struggle.
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The real estate sector recorded more company administrations than any other UK industry during the first six months of 2026, according to analysis by law firm Shakespeare Martineau.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) firms leased more London office space in the first half of 2026 than they did during the whole of last year, according to new data from Knight Frank.
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Take-up of big sheds fell 10% in H1 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to Savills’ latest Big Shed Briefing.
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The effects of geopolitical instability across the globe are strengthening the long-term structural forces driving industrial and logistics capital markets, according to a report from Montagu Evans, first shared with Property Week.
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Property fund outflows slowed sharply in June, falling to just £6.1m, marking the smallest monthly net outflow since May 2024, according to Calastone’s Fund Flow Index.
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Investment in the UK build-to-rent (BTR) sector totalled £2.2bn in Q2 2026, marking the strongest second quarter on record, according to research from Savills.
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UK hotel investment volumes rose to approximately £2.1bn in the first half of 2026, an increase of almost £500m compared with the same period in 2025, according to the latest data from Savills.
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Over the past decade, a revolution has been taking place in the affordable housing sector.
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Too much value and capital are being “amassed” in the data centre sector, according to Andrew Coombs, chief executive of FTSE 250-listed business parks owner and operator Sirius Real Estate.
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HMRC has revealed that 98,450 residential transactions were completed last month, marking a 17% rise year on year.
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Several of the UK's largest housebuilders face a £4.5bn legal claim over alleged anti-competitive behaviour, brought on behalf of 700,000 people who purchased new homes between October 2015 and June 2026.
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