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Language: enDate: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:57 GMT
Asset management and planning gains helped the regeneration specialist shrug off the downturn in regional property markets
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:56 GMT
Consumers are grouping together to force the Big Six energy providers’ hands
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:57 GMT
Office rents in Beijing have soared over the past two years, making it more expensive to lease prime work space in China’s capital than in New York
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:02 GMT
Should property indices use a national average?
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:06 GMT
The financial regulator has cracked down on controversial sale and rent back deals that target distressed homeowners
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:21:47 GMT
Purchases come as sovereign wealth funds and cash-rich individuals seek stable assets amid the uncertainty in the global financial markets
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:57:58 GMT
Gaps created by downsizing of financial services sector has created a surge in demand from IT, telecoms and internet start-ups
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:27:21 GMT
UK house prices slipped in January according to a closely watched index, building a picture of sluggish house price growth overall
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:44:29 GMT
Frustrated by corporate life, Joost Van Gestel seized the opportunity to find tenants for owners of vacant property, writes Matthew Steinglass
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:40:52 GMT
Real estate investment trusts are attracted by high yields relative to low borrowing costs, with many aided by rising share prices
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:59:01 GMT
Greece will struggle to meet its target for assets sales even by the delayed deadline of 2017, according to the country’s privatisation adviser
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:43:11 GMT
The Irish body is pushing ahead with the sale of high profile assets in a bid to shed almost €74bn of toxic property loans
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:17 GMT
British Land has announced an agreement to develop a 700,000 sq ft building to be the Swiss bank’s European headquarters
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:49 GMT
The number of large construction projects in the UK, as measured by the number of tower cranes in operation, has fallen
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:24:27 GMT
The US pharmaceutical company has agreed to maintain 650 employees on its flagship centre which has been operating since the 1950s
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:36 GMT
The business affairs of a former finalist on the television show Britain’s Got Talent are being probed following the collapse of a property investment scheme
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:49 GMT
Data show the so-called ‘London effect’, whereby residential properties in the capital defy weakness elsewhere, is down to rising prices in a handful of areas
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:21 GMT
This interactive map shows average London prices by postcode and how these have changed since their 2007 peak and over the past decade
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:45:53 GMT
Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase offered help to the state’s borrowers to settle allegations of mortgage-related misdeeds
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:49:23 GMT
Portfolio is tied to houses and apartments across the UK, including 15,000 homes in London and its sale is being targeted at sovereign wealth funds
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:38:37 GMT