The staggering sums sloshing around the Canadian firm’s takeover attempt will stiffen the nerve of G4S’s investors Those consultants currently getting fat on government business are in the wrong line of advisory work. Bigger troughs, as...
Firm will sell some of its hotel, leisure and retail parks to focus on offices, stores and homes Landsec , one of Britain’s biggest property companies, has said it plans to sell off almost a third of its £12.8bn property portfolio over...
Surge in sales down to stamp duty holiday and ‘race for space’ as Rightmove predicts 7% rise in prices for 2020 The average asking price of homes coming on to the market in Britain has hit a record high, according to figures from the...
About 11,000 outlets shut in first half of 2020, twice as many as in same period last year A record number of shops disappeared from high streets across the country in the first half of 2020 as the Covid-19 lockdowns hammered the retail...
Documents reveal UAE president owns multibillion-pound property portfolio spanning London’s most expensive neighbourhoods The row of 1960s-built houses with untidy gardens on a quiet cul-de-sac near Richmond upon Thames appears to have...
‘I was telling two girls how safe an area was – when a policeman came up and said there’d been a murder round the corner’ There used to be a design and property magazine in the Guardian called Space. It ran an article about me and my...
Value of some homes in Bristol is up by 120%, says Rightmove, but down in parts of Scotland Homeowners in the Easton area of Bristol have experienced the UK’s biggest increase in house prices in the last decade – up 120% – while those in...
Landlords yet to receive more than half of payments from struggling retailers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Struggling retailers increased the amount of rent paid to their landlords in September compared...
Desire for more space on back of Covid homeworking fuels housing market, says Halifax Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Mortgage applications in the UK have surged to a 12-year high as house prices rose at the...
Few staff say they intend to return to their offices five days a week Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Most office workers do not intend to spend five days a week in the workplace once the Covid-19 crisis is...
Winchester, Exeter and York are new property hotspots for those fleeing the capital after lockdown in search of space An hour away on the train from London, the cathedral city of Winchester has long appealed to people working in the...
Estate agents and even boat-builders have seen a surge in interest from buyers keen to relocate to the country Neil Shorten, 42, a business owner from Cambridgeshire, has just realised a long-held dream of moving to Norfolk, and now...
The Issas once worked at their parents’ petrol station. Now they own 6,000 forecourts in 10 countries Issa brothers buy Asda in £6.8bn deal Mohsin and Zuber Issa were cleaning the toilets at their parents’ petrol station, they say, when...
Buyers take advantage of benign market despite Covid-19 pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage House prices rose in September at the fastest annual rate since the aftermath of the Brexit vote in 2016 ,...
SpareRoom also says more people are looking for kindness and empathy in flatmates Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Gardens, living rooms and kindness have risen up the list of housesharers’ key requirements...
New offices will reportedly be near to the under-construction ‘landscraper’ HQ in London’s King’s Cross Google is to lease an additional 70,000 sq ft in office buildings close to its £1bn new UK headquarters in London, despite telling...
Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators shows UK plc is fast losing momentum UK economy shows signs of faltering before second Covid-19 wave IMF chief: Covid will widen inequality without global action Continue reading...
Welfare advocates say safety net needed to avoid rise in homelessness while real estate sector welcomes ‘return to rent normality’ Greg received a letter from his landlord last week, demanding unpaid rent and threatening to send around...
Survey suggests up to 12m m 2 of retail space could be repurposed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s high streets could suffer a “knockout punch” following a second wave of Covid-19 as landlords and...
With new restrictions cutting takings at shops and restaurants, property owners see little chance of collecting all rents due Late-night revellers and publicans may not the be the only ones ruing the latest restrictions aimed at stemming...