• Ousted Persimmon boss sets up new venture with his wife
    Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Exclusive: Jeff Fairburn, who was forced to leave housebuilder after outrage at £82m bonus, registers ‘credit granting’ business The former chief executive of the housebuilder Persimmon who landed one of the biggest bonuses in British...
  • UK house prices defy gloom with an average £3,000 rise
    Monday, March 20, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Latest Rightmove survey concludes market on ‘much more stable footing’ than many had thought Average house prices have risen by nearly £3,000 this month as the property market continues to resist predictions that the UK’s lacklustre...
  • ‘How will I buy?’: housing crisis grips the Netherlands as Dutch go to polls
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Housing is key in this week’s provincial elections after years of soaring prices and government neglect Niki Struving, a 21-year-old student in Amsterdam, sits under an umbrella next to a circus tent, in bitter winds and driving rain....
  • UK homeowners still better off than renters despite spike in interest rates
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Average monthly cost of owning 3-bed home is £500 a year less than renting, but the gap is narrowing Homeowners in the UK are almost £500 better off a year than renters, according to new research from Halifax. The average monthly cost of...
  • UK hair salons and chippies among indie shops ‘most hit’ by cost of living crisis
    Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Analysis by Local Data Company finds closures in the most affected categories have been offset by new openings in others Hairdressers, dry cleaners and fish and chip shops were among the independent retailers hardest hit by surging...
  • Love hiking, hate people and mod cons? Here’s your chance to snap up Britain’s loneliest property
    Monday, March 13, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    The former railway worker’s cottage in the Yorkshire Dales has no electricity and is a 20-minute hike from the nearest road. Is that why the asking price has just been slashed by £50,000? Name: 3 Bleamoor cottages, or “Britain’s...
  • China’s top property developer expects first loss since 2007 flotation
    Monday, March 13, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Country Garden’s 2022 forecast is another blow for country’s embattled sector China’s top property developer expects to record a loss in 2022 – its first since the company went public in 2007 – in another blow for the country’s embattled...
  • ‘A skeleton in the tub, a Chucky doll in the corner’: haunted house hits Texas real-estate market
    Monday, March 13, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Real-estate listing on Zillow showcases home with doorways shaped like caskets, where guests feel ‘a presence’ Searching for a quaint home that’s off the beaten path, where no one can hear you scream? This one’s for you: a $125,000...
  • Old walls, new life? Britain’s builders embrace the retrofit revolution
    Saturday, March 11, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Refurbished offices can offer big carbon savings over the traditional approach of demolishing them and starting again A stone’s throw from London’s affluent Sloane Square, a 1980s redbrick facade hides a fully revamped office building,...
  • Crypto bank Silvergate collapses; HS2 delayed; US jobless claims jump – as it happened
    Thursday, March 9, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as crypto turmoil leads to an "‘orderly wind down’ and ‘voluntary liquidation’ of Silvergate bank UK house prices could be stabilising despite falls, say surveyors Parts of HS2...
  • UK house prices could be stabilising despite falls, say surveyors
    Thursday, March 9, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Rics data for February shows improvement in new buyer inquiries and sales The UK housing market remains in decline but there are some signs of stabilisation, with an improvement in new buyer inquiries and sales last month, according to...
  • UK allowed sanctioned Abramovich associate to sell £16m mansion
    Tuesday, March 7, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Former Chelsea FC director Eugene Tenenbaum says proceeds from sale were frozen in line with government sanctions regime A close associate of Roman Abramovich was given permission by the Treasury to sell his Surrey mansion for £16m, a...
  • Morrisons plans to ditch at least 80 maintenance suppliers, many in its Bradford home
    Sunday, March 5, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Exclusive: Local firms angry as debt-laden supermarket shifts to a single property maintenance provider Morrisons is planning to ditch at least 83 property maintenance suppliers, many based in its home city of Bradford, putting more than...
  • Taylor Wimpey plans job cuts amid downturn in UK housing market
    Thursday, March 2, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Building company aims to save £20m, but declines to say how many of its 5,000 workforce will be affected Taylor Wimpey is planning to cut jobs as the housebuilder warned of slowing sales in the latest sign of a downturn in the UK housing...
  • Chinese banks try to revive housing market with mortgages for 95-year-olds
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    ‘Relay loans’ that can pass on to children follow other moves to make borrowing more flexible In an attempt to stimulate China’s flagging housing market, banks in some cities are extending the upper age limit on mortgages to between 80...
  • How rising interest rates sent the UK housing market into reverse
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    An end to ultra-low rates mean borrowers can only afford smaller mortgages BoE boss says interest rates may have peaked UK house prices fall at fastest annual rate since 2012 Since the turn of the year the news on the economy has been...
  • UK mortgage market contracts for fifth month after Liz Truss mini-budget
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Approvals at lowest since 2009 – bar during Covid lockdown – as demand for new homes continues to fall Britain’s mortgage market has contracted for a fifth month in a row, official figures show, as the jump in interest rates that...
  • UK house prices fall at fastest annual rate since 2012
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Year-on-year February 1.1% decline comes as average price of property drops to £257,406, says Nationwide BoE boss says interest rates may have peaked How rising rates sent the UK housing market into reverse Annual house price growth in...
  • Canada Water: first homes for sale in new £5.6bn London neighbourhood
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    British Land development will offer up to 3,000 new homes and offices with space for 20,000 workers Just south of a bend in the Thames, a tower block is rising out of the ground, surrounded by several cranes and construction workers. So...
  • World’s richest people lost total of $10tn in 2022, report finds
    Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Real estate | The Guardian
    Triple shock of energy, economy and geopolitical issues caused biggest annual decline in ultra-wealth since 2010 The world’s richest people lost a combined $10tn (£8.3tn) last year as they suffered a triple shock – energy, economic and...
  • Nationwide HPI January 2021: Annual house price growth slows for first time in six months as end of stamp duty holiday approaches
    Wednesday, February 3, 2021 from House Price Crash News Blog
  • Want to be a Lord or a Lady? Buy this £2m country manor and the title is yours 
    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Inside Donaldson's: the building that 'should have been Scotland's parliament' is now luxury homes
    Monday, January 22, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • How Dubai is rebranding itself into a family friendly property paradise 
    Sunday, January 21, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Londoners locked out of Chancellor's stamp duty deal for first-time buyers
    Saturday, January 20, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • The most spectacular church conversions on the market
    Thursday, January 18, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • A French castle fit for an Indiana Jones tale, from Templar gold to Nazi insignia 
    Wednesday, January 17, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • London named 'most expensive city' in Europe to rent for third year in a row
    Wednesday, January 17, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Annual house prices up 5.1pc with 'no signs of significant corrections in the market'
    Tuesday, January 16, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • The best new homes in London this year
    Tuesday, January 16, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Average UK house asking prices up £2,000 in January, but buyers remain 'choosy'
    Monday, January 15, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Ski resorts that will suit toute la famille
    Monday, January 15, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • How to get more light into your home with these clever architectural tricks
    Saturday, January 13, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Grab the popcorn: how the home cinema became the hottest ticket in town
    Friday, January 12, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Think all students are strapped for cash? Check out these luxury student digs that cost up to £15k a year
    Wednesday, January 10, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Meet Hopwood Depree, the LA actor who has swapped Hollywood for his crumbling ancestral pile in Manchester
    Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Philippa Forrester's riverside home, which starred in a BBC documentary, is on the market
    Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • House prices had first monthly decline in six months in December
    Monday, January 8, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • UK house prices grew by modest 2.6pc in 2017, with London the weakest performing region
    Thursday, January 4, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Bad news for Barnes: House prices in south-west London slump as centre bottoms out
    Tuesday, January 2, 2018 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • One in three home sellers in London are doubling their money
    Tuesday, December 26, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Insider tricks: how interior designers decorate their homes for Christmas
    Monday, December 25, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • House price growth expected to flatline next year, says Rics
    Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • House prices in Scotland surge as southern cities hit affordability wall
    Tuesday, December 19, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Lord Weymouth: We want to make Longleat a global brand
    Monday, December 18, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • A third of homes on the market have had asking price cut - by an average of £25,000
    Monday, December 18, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Southern Rail chaos hits house prices along the routes
    Sunday, December 17, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • How to have the non-conformist's perfect Christmas, from black tinsel to upside-down trees
    Sunday, December 17, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • In pictures: weird and wacky decorations to turn tradition on its head this Christmas
    Saturday, December 16, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
  • Four maps that show the house price gulfs within English regions
    Friday, December 15, 2017 from Property: news, advice, search, new homes, property market, renting and letting
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