• May 5 2025
  Blackstone Group LP

  Blackstone offers €200mn return guarantee to fund UK railway arch deal

  Promise is similar to a controversial enticement to University of California to halt a flood of redemptions

  
• May 5 2025
  High mortgage rates and tariff uncertainty drag on US housing market

  Trump’s trade wars and federal job cuts lead to stagnation during what should be peak selling season

  
• May 3 2025
  Insight & Comment

  Is UK house price growth a thing of the past?

  We could be in line for a bump in prices — but property is not going to be the money spinner it once was

  
• May 1 2025
  The Trump Organization

  Trump Organization strikes Gulf deals ahead of US president’s visit

  Eric Trump attacks ‘woke cancel culture’ as Qatari state-owned company announces deal to build Trump-branded golf club

  
• April 30 2025
  UK house prices

  UK house prices fall in April as stamp duty taxes rise, data shows

  Month-on-month drop of 0.6% was below zero growth forecasted by economists, Nationwide says

  
• April 23 2025
  UK business

  Scottish new-build rental construction falls 26% as investor confidence wanes

  SNP seeks to boost supply of housing stock ahead of Holyrood elections next year

  
• April 21 2025
  Switzerland

  The Swiss Alps ski village that is luring nervous Americans

  Demand from US buyers for property in Andermatt has surged

  
• April 20 2025
  Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

  Saudi Arabia ‘gigaproject’ stonewalls settlement offer from ex-CEO in $120mn lawsuit

  British-born executive was fired in April 2024 sparking claim seen as test case for kingdom’s reforms

  
• April 18 2025
  Prime property

  Can New York’s property revival survive tariff turmoil?

  2025 pointed to a pick-up following the city’s lengthy post-pandemic malaise — but the top-of-year glow now has to be filtered through a new lens

  
• April 17 2025
  Canary Wharf Group PLC

  Canary Wharf Group’s offices drop a further £180mn in value

  Decline in London landlord’s office valuations last year follows fall of almost £1bn in 2023

  
• April 14 2025
  Only 3% of fines collected over non-disclosure of UK property

  Transparency campaigners say government must deal with failure to enforce penalties on offshore companies

  
• April 12 2025
  LexUK property

  Banks and UK property learn to cautiously cohabit Premium content

  Surge in lending is likely to be more beneficial for the borrowers than their lenders

  
• April 11 2025
  Personal Finance

  Directors’ deals: Next executive cashes in

  Sale understandable with the retailer expecting slower revenue growth

  
• April 11 2025
  House & Home

  The eviction heavies stoking the fires of Spain’s property crisis

  As developers and private homeowners alike turn to desperate measures to remove squatters, a cohort of eviction specialists has risen to prominence — helping to transform the issue into a major political controversy

  
• April 11 2025
  UK property

  State Street’s £333mn City office deal paves way for Canary Wharf exit

  US asset manager buys 100 New Bridge Street in latest sign of corporate retreat from Docklands

  
• April 11 2025
  The Big Read

  Why holiday rentals are winning the battle for Europe’s city centres

  Residents of tourist hotspots have long demanded that Airbnb-style letting platforms be banned. But booking numbers in Europe — and housing costs — are still rising

  
• April 9 2025
  Assura PLC

  NHS landlord agrees £1.6bn takeover by KKR consortium

  Assura rejects rival offer that would have kept it in the public markets

  
• April 9 2025
  House & Home

  Will return-to-work mandates herald the comeback of the pied-à-terre?

  With more companies demanding five days a week in the office, upheaval is on the cards for some remote workers. Estate agents are reporting an increase in demand for small apartments, but not everyone is on board

  
• April 9 2025
  News in-depth

  US houses are shrinking as inflation pushes ‘McMansions’ out of reach

  Even in Texas, the American dream of home ownership is being downsized because of an affordability crisis

  
• April 8 2025
  Grenfell Tower disaster

  Companies sued for £360mn in damages over Grenfell Tower fire

  Kensington and Chelsea council in London launches lawsuits against businesses involved in refurbishing the building

  
• April 8 2025
  BDO LLP

  BDO probed over its audit of crisis-hit homeless housing fund

  Financial Reporting Council is reviewing firm’s 2021 audit of Home Reit, which is being wound down

  
• April 8 2025
  UK property

  Former Google chief Eric Schmidt buys £42mn London mansion

  US buyers emerge as major force in UK capital’s property market

  
• April 7 2025
  UK house prices

  UK house prices fall unexpectedly in March

  The 0.5% contraction according to Halifax contrasts with economists’ bets of a 0.1% rise

  
• April 3 2025
  NHS landlord attracts £1.5bn counter offer from rival

  Primary Health Properties aims to beat KKR-led investors despite lower-value bid

  
• April 3 2025
  London’s Olympic Village faces £432mn bill for fire safety defects

  Estate management company increased provision by £337mn after discovering new faults

  

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