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Artificial intelligence (AI) firms continued to snap up office space in Central London in Q2 2026, according to the latest data from CBRE.
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It can be hard to predict what the future will hold. But one thing we can say with relative certainty is that it’s going to involve a lot of batteries. Driven largely by the growth of electric vehicle (EV) sales, the global market for energy storage is projected to more than treble by 2030.
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The share prices of the 26 FTSE 100- and FTSE 250-listed property firms monitored quarterly by Property Week rose 8% in Q2 compared with the previous quarter, but were still down 13% on average year on year.
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Europe’s largest logistics developer has warned that new prime minster Andy Burnham’s plans to increase warehouse business rates risks “higher costs for consumers” and would damage growth.
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The number of UK FTSE-listed housebuilders that have issued profits warnings in H1 2026 has matched the peak seen during the 2008 financial crash, according to data from EY-Parthenon.
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The new London Plan will aim to deliver 558,000 new homes by 2037, with the streamlined 20-year strategy pledging to make it easier to build affordable homes and drive economic growth.
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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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