Residential

Cala and Barratt tap into Edinburgh waterworks

25 May 2012

Cala Group and Barratt Homes are close to buying a 26 acre site on the outskirts of Edinburgh, for the development of hundreds of homes.

Housebuilders expect starts to increase but outlook remains gloomy

25 May 2012

No bank funding for developers, no mortgages for homebuyers — the outlook for the residential sector is not good, suggests Knight Frank’s Housebuilding Report, released today.

Residential plans for Shell Centre

25 May 2012

Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group plan to create around 800 homes at their redevelopment of London’s Shell Centre, and are consulting the local community on the proposals.

Telford seeks western promise

25 May 2012

Housebuilder remains committed to east London but wants to cash in on capital’s traditional prime pitches as well. Emma Haslett reports

NAMA to pump €2bn into projects

23 May 2012

Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency is to invest €2bn to bring forward Irish schemes, “in anticipation of future supply shortages in some market segments” and because its Irish assets have more potential than previously thought.

Canary plans South Bank flats

21 May 2012

Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group are planning around 800 homes at their planned redevelopment of London’s Shell Centre, and are consulting the local community on the possibility of a 37 storey residential tower.

Knightsbridge barracks prepared for £300m+ sale

18 May 2012

The Ministry of Defence is preparing to offload Hyde Park Barracks - a much sought after development opportunity on Hyde Park, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.

Canada’s Realstar scores in Chelsea with third block

18 May 2012

Purchase for private-rented venture follows two in Hackney and Wandsworth. Emma Haslett reports

Hearthstone wins thumbs-up for Britain’s first resi PAIF

18 May 2012

Hearthstone Investments has received Financial Services Authority (FSA) approval for the UK’s first residential property authorised investment fund.

Need to know: East Village

18 May 2012

Delancey and Qatari Diar’s East Village E20 (pictured) will be the first “legacy neighbourhood” to come out of this summer’s Olympic Games.

The word … on resi funds

18 May 2012

A report published earlier this month by the Communities and Local Government Committee, Financing of New Housing Supply, called for the government to do more to encourage institutional investment into rented housing. How can it get money flowing into the sector?

Berkeley takes Wapping lead

17 May 2012

Berkeley Group is closing in on buying Fortress Wapping, the former headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, The Financial Times reported today.

Valuation gains boost Grainger NAV

17 May 2012

Net asset value at residential specialist Grainger rose by 3.4% in the six months to the end of March, the company reported today.

RESI Awards 2012: full list of winners and photos

16 May 2012

Berkeley Group’s legendary chairman Tony Pidgley was last night named Personality of the Year at Property Week’s inaugural RESI Awards.

Steve Morgan increases Redrow ownership to 40%

15 May 2012

Steve Morgan, chairman of Redrow, is set to increase his ownership of the house-builder to more than 40% following a meeting of shareholders today.

Livesey wins Norfolk consent

14 May 2012

Developer PJ Livesey has won planning permission for a £15m scheme in Norfolk, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Grainger opens another chapter of Wards Corner saga

11 May 2012

Grainger this week resubmitted revised plans for a £60m redevelopment of historic buildings and a market in north London.

Highly Commended: High Security with a Human Face - Kinetique

11 May 2012

High Security with a Human Face: Kinetique

Shortlisted: Cotton Quarter - Crea8architecture and Harley Haddow

11 May 2012

The entry from architect Crea8architecture and consulting engineer Harley Haddow uses “passive design” principles, which means using the fabric of the building to heat and cool it, rather than air conditioning or central heating.

Barratt boasts best spring in five years

10 May 2012

Housebuilder Barratt Developments reported its best “spring selling season” for five years this morning.

Government has failed on housebuilding, says report

7 May 2012

The government has failed to meet demands for housing, a report by the cross-party Communities and Local Government Committee has stated.

Coalition should have gone Down Under to fight SDLT avoidance

04 May 2012

The government’s attack on stamp duty land tax avoidance, which pushed stamp duty on the purchase of residential properties worth more than £2m by companies up to 15%, came as a surprise last month.

London boroughs fall way behind housebuilding targets

04 May 2012

As the argument over a lack of affordable housing in the capital continues to rage, a report revealed to Property Week today by Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners, has shown London boroughs could generate an extra £1.4bn in economic output by 2021, if they met housebuilding targets set out for them by the mayor of London.

St Modwen chief Oliver underwhelmed by NewBuy scheme

04 May 2012

Developer speaks to Emma Haslett as purchase of RAF Uxbridge completes

Terra Firma buys care homes

04 May 2012

Guy Hands’ Terra Firma is to buy the UK’s biggest care home operator, Four Seasons Health Care, for £825m.

Brooks MacDonalds Funds makes Salford ground rents buy

3 May 2012

Brooks MacDonalds Funds has bought the ground rent of a residential development in Salford Quays out of administration.

Climbdown on Lord's development ban

2 May 2012

Marylebone Cricket Club this afternoon withdrew a controversial motion to ban residential development at the home of cricket.

Midweek Bulletin: "Developers should consider resi for business parks"

2 May 2012

Developers should consider knocking down vacant or underperforming business park buildings and developing residential instead, members of the property industry heard at the Knight Frank M25 research breakfast this morning.

Blackstone sells Nido for £415m

1 May 2012

Blackstone has exchanged contracts to sell its Nido student accommodation business for £415m to Round Hill Capital, as revealed by Property Week (news, 4.11.11).

Downing plans £90m student developments

1 May 2012

Liverpool-based developer Downing has announced plans to embark on £90m worth of student property developments at a pair of schemes in London and Cambridge, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Grant unlocks Ruskin Square first phase

1 May 2012

Public funding from a local enterprise body will allow Stanhope and Schroders to begin the first homes at Croydon’s Ruskin Square, after years of stasis at the nine acre scheme.

Hamptons International forms New York alliance

30 April 2012

Hamptons International has expanded its international footprint by signing an agreement with a New York real estate firm.

Canning Town fizzing with private rental flats

27 April 2012

Thames Valley Housing Association’s pioneering private rental subsidiary, Fizzy Living, has made its second purchase.

No place like home counties for prime growth …

27 April 2012

There are signs of recovery in the residential market outside London, as foreign interest in the capital prices buyers out, Savills research reveals.

Fresh Centre Point images unveiled

25 April 2012

Almacantar and Frogmore have released a fresh handful of images showing how their redevelopment of London’s iconic Centre Point would look.

Redrow to raise £80m for London resi expansion

24 April 2012

Redrow is raising £79.6m through a sale of shares in order to expand its London business as well as buy more regional sites.

Miller Group appoints new chairman

23 April 2012

Miller Group has appointed the chief executive of global technology company Smiths Group as its new chairman.

Praxis gets green light in Wales

20 April 2012

Praxis has secured outline planning consent for a major mixed use scheme in Deeside, North Wales.

New chief plans to put Peverel’s problems in past

20 April 2012

Private equity owners hope Entwistle will combat Tchenguiz effect. Emma Haslett reports

RICS’s new resi king backs tougher regulation

20 April 2012

The RICS has appointed Peter Bolton King as its global residential director, as it attempts to increase its influence in the sector and tackle issues such as regulation and sustainability.

Green light for last phase of 780-flat Thames Barrier scheme

19 April 2012

Barratt Homes, Taylor Wimpey and the London Development Agency have been given the green light for the final phase of their 780-apartment scheme next to London’s Thames Barrier.

NAMA St James’s block sold to Norwegians

16 April 2012

A Norwegian shipping and oil family has bought a residential development site controlled by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency in the St James’s area of London.

All square in Fulham

13 April 2012

London Square has won planning permission to develop 40 townhouses in Fulham, around a new residential square on a 2 acre site (pictured).

Government pushes forward plans for social housing REITs

13 April 2012

Consultation launched to encourage providers to convert or launch by next year

Only a stronger housing recovery will propel growth

13 April 2012

Market forces shape housebuilders’ performance despite continued government support. By Richard Donnell

Why now is the time to carry out a residential conversion

13 April 2012

Central London residential property boom needs new recruits. Emma Haslett reports

Luxury Nottingham apartment scheme in administration

12 April 2012

The owner of a luxury residential scheme in Nottingham, which achieved the city’s first £1m apartment sale, has been placed in administration.

DevSecs and Realstar buy east London Nama resi block

11 April 2012

Development Securities and Canadian property company Realstar have bought a residential building adjacent to the Olympic Park for £15.7m.

Wainbridge in £38m debut residential buy

10 April 2012

Newly-established residential venture Wainbridge Estates has teamed up with luxury homes specialist Finchatton to complete its first UK purchase, a £38m site in Knightsbridge.

‘Frustrating and annoying’ NewBuy scheme falls flat

05 April 2012

Lenders and housebuilders shun homebuying initiative. James Whitmore reports

Down and out in peril in London

05 April 2012

In part two of our series examining the issues affecting London’s mayoral election, David Hatcher talks to campaigners and fund managers pioneering an alternative investment solution to the capital’s homeless problem

Little change for first-time buyers since 1950s

05 April 2012

As first-time home buyers continue to struggle to get on the housing ladder, a new report by London South Bank university masters in real estate course director Scott King analyses how trends have changed since the 1950s.

Saxo’s €114m Danish Resolution

05 April 2012

Resolution Property and Saxo Properties have agreed to buy around €114m of properties in Copenhagen, Denmark.

United House picked for £130m Finsbury Park overhaul

3 April 2012

United House is to deliver Islington’s largest regeneration scheme since the Arsenal Stadium project.

Rough justice

30 March 2012

The conviction of a fraudster has highlighted flaws in the residential lettings world. Mira Bar-Hillel investigates

St Modwen and Vinci home in on Nine Elms

30 March 2012

St Modwen and construction firm Vinci could begin building homes in London’s Nine Elms as early as 2014, after the pair were selected this week to redevelop the 57 acre Covent Garden Market site.

Quintain sells Bristol development site

29 March 2012

Quintain has sold an undeveloped residential site in Bristol for £12m as it increases its financial resources in order to focus on its two London mega-schemes.

Ronson slams "lynching" of RBS boss Hester

27 March 2012

Heron International chief executive Gerald Ronson today launched a passionate defence of Stephen Hester, accusing newspaper editors of “hypocrisy and envy” in their “lynching” of the Royal Bank of Scotland boss.

Bids sought to cure Collyhurst’s wobbles

23 March 2012

Manchester’s neglected north-eastern corner is next in line for a rebirth. Paul Unger reports

Stamp duty raid fires London fears

23 March 2012

Increased resi tax provokes outrage

BUDGET 2012: Treasury to consult on social housing REITs but not mortgage REITs

21 March 2012

The Treasury said today it planned to consult on the role REITs can play in supporting the social housing sector, but it has overlooked mortgage REITs.

BUDGET 2012: Osborne introduces 15% stamp duty tax

21 March 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has introduced a 15% stamp duty tax on homes worth more than £2m that are bought through a company.

CapCo gets council rubber stamp for Earls Court plans

20 March 2012

Capital & Counties today said that the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham had adopted a new policy document that will help bring forward its huge Earls Court development.

Barratt close to landing NAMA’s Old Street Eagle House

16 March 2012

Ireland’s “bad bank” shortlists two parties for £65m stalled residential scheme. Nick Johnstone reports

Kuwaiti investor helps Tobacco Dock turn over new leaf

16 March 2012

Long-vacant site will have hotel, flats and public realm. Hardeep Sandher reports

Local developer plans 1m sq ft Oldham business park

15 March 2012

Oldham-based Grasscroft Property and Seddon Group are planning a 1m sq ft business park in the Foxdenton area of Oldham, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Miller Group reports £92.8m loss

14 March 2012

Miller Group suffered a £92.8m pretax loss last year.

Liberty Living buys Clarence Dock’s student housing

13 March 2012

Liberty Living, which is owned by the Brandeaux Student Accommodation Fund, has bought the 612-bed student residences at Clarence Dock in Leeds.

Grainger hires director of strategic capital markets

12 March 2012

Listed residential landlord Grainger has appointed a new director of strategic capital markets from Pradera.

Barratt to taste Sainsbury’s £300m difference in Fulham

09 March 2012

Developer plans residential-led scheme with supermarket in first of several projects in London

LaSalle pays £32m Stockwell tuition fees

09 March 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought and will fund construction of a 328-bed student hall scheme known as the Quadrant, in Stockwell, south London.

Q + A: Michael Ingall's challenge at Clarence Dock

09 March 2012

After the success of Spinningfields in Manchester, Allied London has taken on the underperforming Clarence Dock scheme in Leeds. Rachel Hunter quizzed chief executive Mike Ingalls on his plans

MIPIM 2012: Bouygues and Newham agree £600m Canning Town scheme

8 March 2012

Bouygues Development and the London Borough of Newham have agreed development terms the £600m Canning Town Centre scheme, it announced today at MIPIM.  

Terrace Hill completes £75m resi sale

7 March 2012

Terrace Hill has completed the sale of a portfolio of 574 apartments to Swedish property group Akelius.

MIPIM 2012: UKR names Nottingham as location of first pilot 'village'

6 March 2012

UK Regeneration has named Nottingham as the location for its first pilot ‘village’ of 200 homes.

Candy enters US luxury market with New York penthouse

6 March 2012

Christian Candy has taken his first step into the American luxury residential market with the purchase of a three-storey penthouse apartment at the Plaza Hotel, overlooking Central Park.

Home Builders Federation: New Housing Pipeline - Q4 2011

3 March 2012

The flow of residential approvals remained subdued during the third quarter of 2011. Whilst the number of units approved was off the two year low seen during the previous three months, it remained extremely weak.

Dizzy Heights - Supertall towers

02 March 2012

Step away if you suffer from vertigo — skyscrapers have gone “supertall”. Hardeep Sandher reports

Pidgley pounces on Reubens’ riverside site

02 March 2012

Berkeley’s St James subsidiary to take over Foster-designed aparthotel and flats

Alchemi finds chemistry with £35m Victoria block

1 March 2012

A residential development company has bought a £35m office building from Blackrock on London’s Victoria Street, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.

Grosvenor and Derwent complete Hyde Park Corner JV

1 March 2012

Grosvenor and Derwent London have formalised their joint venture to redevelop the 168,000 sq ft 1-5 Grosvenor Place into a luxury mixed use scheme.

Residential investment property returned 11.3% last year

29 February 2012

Residential investment property has continued to perform better than commercial property, delivering returns of 11.3% last year, driven by the strong London market.

Minerva chief to develop St John's Wood Barracks

27 February 2012

The chief executive of Minerva has been hired by a Malaysian billionaire to help develop the £250m former St John’s Wood Barracks in north London in to new homes.

Native Land and Grosvenor complete £50m Alpha Place deal

24 February 2012

Native Land and Grosvenor have completed the purchase of Alpha Place for £50m.

2m sq ft of West End offices turn to resi

24 February 2012

Around 2m sq ft of offices in London’s West End have been given planning consent for conversion to homes, as developers continue to take advantage of the area’s soaring residential market.

London’s resi hat-trick

24 February 2012

Three large residential-led schemes in London received planning consent late last week. Plans by Westfield, Capital & Counties and Ballymore all got the go-ahead, as demand for residential property in London continues to soar.

South African lands £100m NAMA scheme in Lewes

24 February 2012

Investor that bought Edinburgh’s Caltongate backs Santon in second UK investment

Wainbridge’s resi wealth division

24 February 2012

Wainbridge has launched a high-end residential development and investment arm aimed at wealthy individuals in the world’s most affluent cities.

Pidgley hires bigwigs to government panel

23 February 2012

Two house-building heavyweights, including a former Barratt Developments chief, have been recruited by Berkeley chairman Tony Pidgley to investigate how public sector land can be better used to tackle the UK housing crisis.

Lend Lease unveils Elephant & Castle plans

22 February 2012

Lend Lease today opened a four-day public exhibition of its plans to regenerate the Heygate Estate in London’s Elephant & Castle.

BGC buys struggling Grubb & Ellis

21 February 2012

BGC Partners, the acquisitive financial services firm which acquired Newmark Knight Frank last October, has expanded its property services platform by buying struggling US firm Grubb & Ellis.

Luxury homes continue to spread in the West End

20 February 2012

Approximately 2m square feet of offices in London’s West End have been granted planning consent to be converted to homes as developers continue to take advantage of the area’s soaring residential market.

Capco gets green light in Earls Court

17 February 2012

Capco has been granted planning consent for 808 new homes in Earls Court by Hammersmith & Fulham council.

Office-to-resi conversions land in Birmingham

17 February 2012

The trend for conversion of obsolete office space to flats has spread to Birmingham.

Standard Life’s Auld Reekie students

17 February 2012

Standard Life’s Auld Reekie students

Neptune plans £45m Liverpool scheme

16 February 2012

Neptune Developments is submitting an application to build a £45m apartment-led, mixed use scheme at a stalled site at Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, TheBusinessDesk.com has reported.

Yoo Capital branches in to Leeds

13 February 2012

London-based developer Yoo Capital is to begin investing in the Yorkshire residential market, after signing a joint venture deal with Leeds-based Trilandium Homes.

Colliers International: Central London Residential - Winter 2011/2012

10 February 2012

The Central London residential market remains resilient. House prices in London have increased to pre-financial crisis levels, there has also been rapid growth in rental values across the capital.

James Caan in new resi venture

10 February 2012

Garrington, the property search consultancy founded by Location, Location, Location’s Phil Spencer, has teamed up with James Caan’s Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate for a residential joint venture aimed at wealthy individuals.

Slight but steady increase in private rented residential supply

9 February 2012

The number of properties being bought with buy-to-let mortgages increased by around 84,000 in 2011 according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Grainger reports sales 5.8% ahead of book value

8 February 2012

Residential property owner Grainger has reported robust sales, with the disposal of vacant assets in the four months to the end of January 5.8% ahead of its September valuations.

Plans submitted for £100m Chester student village

7 February 2012

Chester-based developer Bell Developments has submitted plans for a £100m student village, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

One Hyde Park: £60m apartment sold and luxury retail on the market

6 February 2012

One Hyde Park’s last five bedroom apartment has been sold, bringing the total volume of sales in the London luxury residential scheme to more than £1.5bn.

Two-thirds of best London homes sold to foreign buyers

3 February 2012

International buyers accounted for almost two-thirds of the prime London new build residential market in 2011, new research shows.

Bruce’s resi bonus: £320m private rented venture secures backing

03 February 2012

Apollo and Canada’s Ivanhoé Cambridge to back Ritchie’s £320m private-rented venture in London

Rocket to remake Old Street block

03 February 2012

An unloved block off Old Street roundabout is to be redeveloped into a 150,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme.

Recession-hit London scheme goes back before committee

2 February 2012

One of London’s most high-profile schemes to be mothballed during the credit crunch will go before a planning committee tonight.

Chainbow sells core business in "leap of faith" to private rented sector

27 January 2012

Residential property management expert Roger Southam has sold a major chunk of his Chainbow business in order to focus on the emerging professional private rented sector.

Bloxham plans to "re-invent the house"

27 January 2012

Urban Splash is working on a project which co-founder Tom Bloxham has said will “reinvent the idea of a modern house”, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Middle Eastern investor buys £36m NAMA mansion

27 January 2012

The sale of a mansion put into receivership by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency completed this week, with the buyer paying £27m less than the level of the building’s debt.

£100m resi fund launch for London

27 January 2012

Aeriance Investments, a debt fund specialist, has launched a £100m fund to provide bridging loans for London residential property transactions.

Housebuilders pin hopes on return of 'feel-good factor'

27 January 2012

Twas the weekend before Christmas and in the Bluewater car parks, not a lot stirred. A mild understatement, perhaps, but everything is relative.

Tchenguiz attaches £3.5bn price tag to resi portfolio sale

27 January 2012

Sale of European Investments Overseas’ 250,000 ground rents would be UK’s largest property sale

Douglas & Gordon: The London Barometer

26 January 2012

Despite the economic and political turmoil December was a surprisingly busy month for sales at D&G and remarkably one of the best of the year.

Government to appeal to Supreme Court over solar tariff cuts

25 January 2012

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is to take the row over feed-in tariffs to the Supreme Court after the High Court upheld a ruling that the government acted unlawfully in slashing solar subsidies.

Mortgages hit £140bn in 2011, despite European turmoil

23 January 2012

Banks loaned a total £140bn in mortgages to the residential sector last year, an increase of 3% off the back of a stronger-than-expected final quarter, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said today.

‘Brompton Diamond’ up for sale

20 January 2012

An undeveloped residential and retail scheme with a potential end value of £115m, dubbed the “Brompton Diamond”, is to be put up for sale in London’s Knightsbridge.

American investment manager backs Signature care homes

20 January 2012

Ageing UK population fuels lucrative market for overseas investors. Hardeep Sandher reports

£350m tower gets the go-ahead in Croydon

19 January 2012

A scheme to construct a 55 storey high rise tower in the centre of Croydon has been granted planning consent.

Corestate Group buys €230m German portfolio

17 January 2012

Corestate Group, the Switzerland-based private equity investor, has bought a €230m German portfolio residential and office portfolio.

Chainbow/Berkeley Way: Residential Yardstick 2011

16 January 2012

The following survey was designed by lettings agency Berkeley Way and property management company, Chainbow, to gauge owners, investors and renters’ opinions and attitudes about what lies ahead for the residential industry in 2012.

Welbeck’s Whitehall Met buy snubs MPs

13 January 2012

Parliament fails to prevent police force selling property in government heartland

Bahraini backs student digs

13 January 2012

Tadhamon Capital makes UK student housing debut with 50% stake in Suffolk scheme

Resi agency floats

13 January 2012

A residential lettings agency is to become the first business to list on AIM in 2012.

Administrators prepare to market Beetham Liverpool Tower

12 January 2012

Administrators to the company which owned Liverpool’s West Tower have said they are finally ready to begin marketing the building after hammering out a deal with the City Council over land infringements, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Turnstone gets green light in St Neots

10 January 2012

Turnstone Estates has been granted planning permission by Huntingdonshire District Council for a 32,000 sq ft leisure scheme in St Neots town centre, Cambridgeshire.

LaSalle buys Newcastle student accommodation

9 January 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought two student accommodation blocks in Newcastle for £23.1m.

Capital values have rallied in spite of household income squeeze

06 January 2012

UK residential capital values have held up well over 2011, despite a weakening economic outlook — both at home and abroad — and an unprecedented squeeze on household income.

Shapps announces another private rented review

23 December 2011

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced the latest in a string of reviews designed to kickstart institutional investment in the Private Rented Sector.

Solum Regeneration gets planning for Twickenham scheme

20 December 2011

Solum Regeneration, a joint venture between Network Rail and Kier Property, has received approval for its proposed residential led scheme in Twickenham.

Mount Anvil gets Close Brothers support

19 December 2011

London residential developer Mount Anvil has received an £8.7m development loan from Close Brothers Property Finance.

Kwoks to take 50% stake in Earls Court first phase

19 December 2011

Capital & Counties Properties is to create a £130m joint venture with a wealthy Far Eastern family to develop the first phase of homes at Seagrave Road in west London’s Earls Court.

Lending to fall and repossessions to rise in 2012

15 December 2011

Mortgage lending rose by 5% in November, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said today, but predictions for next year suggest that lending will fall and repossessions will rise.

Turn NAMA into a REIT, says agency’s chief

12 December 2011

Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency could become a real estate investment trust (REIT) if the government allows US-style mortgage REITs to be set up.

Home Builders Federation: Broken Ladder 2 - November 2011

9 December 2011

While owner occupancy is still the most popular form of tenure - with over 80% of the population aspiring to own their own home - the number of people actually getting a foot on the property ladder has fallen considerably since around 2003.

Office-to-resi conversion gains new cheerleaders

9 December 2011

Report finds regional cities will benefit, as well as housing-starved south-east. Doug Morrison reports

Athletes’ Village to become “East Village”

6 December 2011

Delancey and Qatari Diar have today unveiled plans to rebrand the Athletes’ Village after the 2012 Olympics as the East Village.

Property Week's RESI Awards 2012: Enter now!

2 December 2011

Property Week is calling for entries for the RESI Awards 2012 - a celebration of excellence in the residential sector.

Buy in bulk and discover a whole new world

2 December 2011

A portfolio of sitting tenants could be more valuable than vacant properties. By Martin Angel

REIT reforms raise residential potential

2 December 2011

New housing strategy should help bang drum for residential investment. Doug Morrison reports

Sainsbury’s puts developers on Fulham Wharf shopping list

2 December 2011

Berkeley, Barratt and Mount Anvil vie for £300m residential-led scheme. Nick Johnstone reports

Green light for controversial £110m Hammersmith scheme

1 December 2011

Helical Bar and Grainger were last night given planning consent for the £110m King Street regeneration project in Hammersmith.

Telford Homes predicts bumper Olympics year

1 December 2011

East London residential developer Telford Homes saw profits decline in the six months to the end of September, but said it is expecting bumper results off the back of the Olympics next year.

Survey: What's in store for UK residential in 2012?

30 November 2011

The possiblities and pitfalls for the UK residential market are numerous - and that is why Property Week is asking you to give your views on how this crucial part of the industry will fare in 2012.

Glenkerrin's Isle of Dogs sites bought out of administration

25 November 2011

Two Isle of Dogs sites owned by Irish company bought out of administration by Lebanese-backed Chalegrove

McLaren’s Oxbridge ambition

25 November 2011

McLaren Property has bought a site from Merton College in Oxford for around £50m, where it plans a 350-bed student housing scheme.

Shoreditch and Farringdon on par with Mayfair

25 November 2011

The prime London property market is heading east as a new wave of luxury development in both the City and the City fringe starts to attract demand, says Knight Frank.

Grainger boosts NAV by 8.2%

24 November 2011

Net asset value at the UK’s largest residential landlord, Grainger, rose 8.2% in the last financial year off the back of strong movement in the investment value of its residential portfolio.

Albany and Galliard in London joint venture

23 November 2011

Albany Homes International has joined forces with Galliard Homes after securing planning consent to redevelop the former Smiths Industries Group building on Finchley Road, north west London, into housing.

Government announces £400m for stalled residential schemes

21 November 2011

David Cameron and Nick Clegg will today launch a £400m fund to kickstart development schemes which have stalled due to lack of development funding.

Crest left in limbo by Quintain Bio …

18 November 2011

One Gallions, a London Development Agency residential scheme in London’s Docklands, is in jeopardy after the closure of the £350m BioRegional Quintain joint venture last week.

I’m cheesed off waiting for change of use from office to resi

18 November 2011

Camembert has gone underground. European Union regulations forbid the use of unpasteurised milk, so you can’t make it legally, I’m told

Wainbridge backs NY resi

18 November 2011

Property investment company Wainbridge has completed a debt funding deal to restart development of a luxury New York residential scheme

Eurozone crisis to stall house prices rise until 2013

17 November 2011

The Eurozone crisis will continue to hit consumer confidence next year, which means that house prices are unlikely to rise until 2013, Jones Lang LaSalle forecast today.

Landmark Dublin resi block for sale

16 November 2011

Dublin’s landmark luxury residential building, The Alliance, has been put up for sale with a guide price of €43m.

Knight Frank: UK Housing Market Forecast - Q4 2011

15 November 2011

While the housing market is influenced by a huge number of issues, our research points to five key indicators which in large part dictate the health of the market:the balance of new supply and demand,mortgage market accessibility,the costof debt,household income growth,the performance of the UK economy.

Super-rich to pay £10,000/sq ft for London homes, Knight Frank says

15 November 2011

London’s super prime residential developments are expected to achieve values of £10,000/sq ft by 2016, research from Knight Frank has shown.

Quintain scraps £350m BioRegional venture

11 November 2011

Residential schemes including the London Development Agency’s One Gallions in Docklands are to be abandoned, after it was reported today by Property Week’s sister title Building that BioRegional Quintain was being wound up.

AssocRICS qualification adds weight to residential

11 November 2011

Initiative will help to regulate sector and give clients peace of mind. Doug Morrison reports

Buy-to-let lending reaches highest level since 2008 end

10 November 2011

Buy-to-let lending increased by 16% in the third quarter in a sign of continued growth in residential renting, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said today.

Terrace Hill to make £185m resi exit

4 November 2011

Company’s focus is now supermarket development

Investment funds take role of banks

4 November 2011

Institutional investors have allocated as much as £10.4bn to residential investment and development in the UK, mainly central London.

Swedish group to shine £1bn northern light on UK housing

4 November 2011

Akelius plans to buy 10,000 homes. Doug Morrison reports

Liverpool debates £130m housing plan

3 November 2011

Liverpool City Council will debate a £130m housing plan tomorrow  which could see council owned land offered for development at zero cost.

Moribund mortgage market bolsters rentals

28 October 2011

In the third of his quarterly columns, Hometrack’s Richard Donnell explains how affordability and greater supply could limit further growth in rents

Staff fate key to €1bn sale

28 October 2011

The fate of staff at the company set up to manage Santander’s €9bn property portfolio is key to one of Europe’s largest ongoing property sales.

Mortgage group Paragon buys RBS loan portfolio

27 October 2011

Mortgage group Paragon has expanded its business with the acquisition of a £43m portfolio of unsecured consumer loans from The Royal Bank of Scotland, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Leeds landmark to be converted into apartments

27 October 2011

A Leeds city centre landmark is to be transformed into more than 80 apartments and offer a retail unit and gym after being acquired by a Yorkshire developer, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

Lloyds consortium picked for £180m Leeds social housing scheme

27 October 2011

A consortium comprising Lloyds Bank, regeneration company Keepmoat and property consultancy Cyril Sweett has been picked as preferred bidder on a £180m social housing project in Leeds.

Gentoo lets first-time buyer Genie out of bottle

21 October 2011

Financial product to help people buy a home to be launched in north-east. Doug Morrison reports

Conygar submits plans for £100m west Wales marina scheme

19 October 2011

The Conygar Investment Company has submitted a planning application for a £100m marina development in Fishguard on the west coast of Wales.

Capital & Counties faces Earls Court controversy

14 October 2011

Capital & Counties has spent £20m on its £8bn Earls Court application, only to be faced with significant local opposition. Mira Bar-Hillel reports

Phone magnate's Mayfair call

14 October 2011

Phones 4u founder Caudwell behind purchase of £150m Audley Square House scheme from Derek Quinlan

Rockspring buys £34m London student accommodation block

13 October 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought a 232-room student accommodation block in London’s Elephant & Castle for £34m.

Brockton Capital looks to JV on £400m Mayfair apartments scheme

7 October 2011

Brockton Capital is looking for a joint venture partner to facilitate a £400m residential scheme in the heart of Mayfair.

Developer to float in Surbiton

7 October 2011

New technology allows development on flood-risk land

London Central goes to town with shariah

7 October 2011

New fund aims to attract clients from overseas and UK

Boultbee and Aurum make £50m London residential purchase

4 October 2011

Boultbee and Aurum Real Estate have teamed up with Epsilon Real Estate Partners to purchase a block of 47 flats in London’s Victoria for £50m

Government urged to end housing market stagnation

30 September 2011

CBI Director-General, John Cridland today urged the government to step up its support for first-time buyers to “stop the stagnation and get the housing market flowing again”

Taylor Wimpey’s Bucks trend

30 September 2011

Residential developer Taylor Wimpey has bought the 60 acre former RAF Daws Hill site near High Wycombe from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. It plans to develop around 550 homes. GVA was the selling agent.

Unite's Tonkiss to leave in management restructure

29 September 2011

Student accommodation company Unite Group’s chief operating officer John Tonkiss is to leave the business following a restructuring of the business’s management.

Newbury residential plans race forward with planning consent

29 September 2011

West Berkshire Council has granted planning consent for the first phase of residential development at Newbury Racecourse.

London & Stamford completes £24.5m residential buy

26 September 2011

London & Stamford has completed its purchase of a £24.4m residential block in Oval, south London.

Development to rise in 2012

23 September 2011

Residential development and investment activity is forecast to rise over the coming year despite the lack of finance taking a heavy toll on confidence

NAMA chief calls for rental sector

23 September 2011

John Mulcahy adds support for institutional investment

Planning laws ignore ticking ‘demographic timebomb’

23 September 2011

Demand for private retirement homes is growing, but planning laws are still holding developers back

Retirement villages are not for the fainthearted

23 September 2011

With the malaise in the UK housing market, housebuilders are seeking alternative routes to profit that draw on their core skills and expertise

Knight Frank: Residential Research - London Hotspots

22 September 2011

London property prices have outperformed the wider mainstream market in recent years, buoyed by continued demand from British and overseasbuyers, despite the economic turmoil since the financial crisis.

Caring close to £330m Grosvenor Square resi financing deal

19 September 2011

A consortium of investors led by Richard Caring is in the final stages of completing a £330m debt deal to refinance and fund the construction of a luxury London residential block.

Topland provides £2m of funding for Maidstone residential schemes

16 September 2011

Topland has completed its first two debt-financing deals with residential development finance company Wolsey Securities as part of its aim to invest £150m in the UK residential housing market.

Green markets towers

16 September 2011

Plans for two high-rise residential towers in London’s Nine Elms, proposed by Green Property and CIT Group, were unveiled yesterday

Turning on the pipeline: Londonewcastle’s london portfolio

16 September 2011

Huntingdon Estate, Shoreditch

RESI 2011: Nick Candy forecasts prime London property bubble

15 September 2011

Nick Candy believes prices for prime central London property are likely to flatten out because the capital is experiencing a residential property bubble.

RESI 2011: Leading industry players support the government’s controversial planning reforms

15 September 2011

Leading industry players voiced their broad support for the government’s controversial planning reforms but Eric Pickles did not emerge without criticism today at RESI

RESI 2011: Pickles backs Property Week's planning campaign

15 September 2011

Communities secretary Eric Pickles today welcomed Property Week’s Campaign for Sustainable Development in a keynote speech to delegates at the RESI conference in south Wales

Residential development fund launched

15 September 2011

A property fund focusing on land for residential developments has been launched as a joint venture involving a Yorkshire developer

Westfield shows development is force for good

15 September 2011

2,000 local unemployed in work; 14,000 new jobs on the opening day; 75% of electrical power from on–site combined cooling, heat and power; 50% retail waste recycled; 58 trains an hour connecting with central London

Dutch fund in talks to buy £1bn student halls developer

14 September 2011

A Dutch pension fund has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a huge student halls company from Barclays Capital, in one of the biggest corporate transactions of the year.

Barratt back in black

14 September 2011

Barratt Developments posted a return to full-year underlying profit this morning.

Battersea student block sold for £116m

13 September 2011

Berkeley First and Imperial College London have sold a postgraduate student housing block in London’s Battersea to a UK fund.

Podcast: PwC's Rosalind Rowe on REITs, tax and residential investment

13 September 2011

Listen to the podcast to hear great insight on the prospects for the residential market, government measures to improve its fortunes and the impact of the current tax regime.

Home Builders Federation: New Housing Pipeline - Q2 2011

8 September 2011

The flow of residential approvals during the second quarter of 2011 resumed its negative trend, after a brief pick up at the beginning of the year.

Delancey and Essential Land win Dartford green light

8 September 2011

Delancey and Essential Land have been granted planning consent for a £200m regeneration project in Dartford.

Interactive: RESI 100 - The top 100 people in residential property

7 September 2011

Reveal who you voted as Property Week’s RESI 100, the top 100 people in residential property.

Green light for 450 Liskeard homes

6 September 2011

Persimmon has won a resolution to grant outline planning permission to develop 450 family homes in Liskeard, Cornwall.

Evicting rioters ill conceived, say housing groups

2 September 2011

Private and social housing groups have raised concerns about local authority plans to evict council tenants who have been prosecuted following last month’s riots

House prices fall 0.6% in August

1 September 2011

The average UK house price declined by 0.6% in August, with the price of a typical home 0.4% lower than a year ago, figures from the Nationwide Building Society revealed today

Three million homeowners delay moves, RESI research says

1 September 2011

Three million homeowners are delaying their moves due to job instability and a lack of suitable homes, a UK-wide survey carried out by the RESI conference has shown.

Average house price rises 1.3% in July

26 August 2011

The average price of a house in England and Wales rose 1.3% in July compared to the month before, figures from the Land Registry showed today, but still remains 2.1% down on house prices a year ago.

London & Stamford buys £24m Oval resi scheme

26 August 2011

London & Stamford Property has exchanged contracts with Kilmorie Investments to acquire the long leasehold interest in 74 private residential units and 30 car parking spaces at The Apartments, 131-143 Clapham Road in Oval, London for £24.4m.  

Housebuilders unaware of risks in shared-equity schemes

26 August 2011

Failure to comply with complicated regulations in shared-equity schemes could incur the wrath of the Office of Fair Trading

Offices-to-resi conversion dogged by dissent

26 August 2011

Scepticism is growing about plans announced in the March Budget to increase the housing supply by allowing developers to convert commercial premises to housing

Liverpool-based Downing to make London development debut

25 August 2011

Liverpool-based student property specialist Downing has announced plans for its maiden development in London with a 32-storey, mixed-use scheme in Vauxhall, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

The end of a bright idea

19 August 2011

Mira Bar-Hillel has all but given up on the prospect of build to let solving Britain’s housing crisis

Galliard's major West End scheme faces affordable housing hitch

18 August 2011

Galliard Homes’ plans to redevelop the Chiltern Street car park in London’s West End could be set rejected next week over concerns the developer has not provided enough affordable housing.

Kirsh sells Minerva shares to Area and Delancey

17 August 2011

Minerva’s largest independent shareholder, South African billionaire Natie Kirsh, has finally accepted the takeover offer from Area Property Partners and Delancey.

Europa Capital and St Congar buy in Suffolk

15 August 2011

The English Residential Land Partnership, a joint venture between Europa Capital and St Congar Land, has bought a site close to Sudbury, Suffolk.

Grainger on course for £189.2m of sales in the year

11 August 2011

Grainger made £148.7m in sales over the ten months to the end of July, an improvement of £20m on the same period last year.

Barratt confirms £170m loan book sale talks

8 August 2011

Barratt Developments has today confirmed that it is in talks to sell some of its £170m portfolio of shared-equity loans.

Bellway expects profts to exceed market expectations

5 August 2011

Bellway is on course to post a pre tax profit of more than £62m following a 7.1% increase in the number of  homes it has completed so far this year.

Kerslake calls for patience over private-rented sector

5 August 2011

Former HCA chief says residential REITs may save initiative

Matrix in £120m student debut

5 August 2011

Asset manager to buy four schemes from indebted Opal

Allianz agrees US residential venture with Archstone and CPPIB

3 August 2011

Allianz Real Estate has entered the US residential market.

Quinlan’s former Libyan School in Chelsea to be developed by Orion

1 August 2011

Orion Capital Managers has bought a one acre freehold site in the heart of Chelsea, London, for luxury residential development.

Luxury flats prove too rich for Comer brothers

29 July 2011

Comer Homes subsidiaries that own three high-end schemes owe banks £167m

UK housing market structure is changing significantly

28 July 2011

It is becoming increasingly clear that the structure of the UK housing market is changing significantly as households react to lending constraints and the wider economic environment.

Podcast: Ed Mead on where's best to buy in London

27 July 2011

In the latest edition of the Property Week Podcast Douglas & Gordon director Ed Mead tells you everythiong you need to know about the London residential market.

Lloyds renews Scotia Homes debt

26 July 2011

Scotia Homes has agreed a new revolving credit and guarantee facility with Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, which is committed until April 2014.

Peel and Barratt start north-west residential push

22 July 2011

Peel Group and Barratt Homes have formed a partnership to bring forward residential schemes worth £200m across the north-west and Yorkshire.

Peel and Barratt in £200m tie-up

20 July 2011

Peel Group and Barratt Homes have formed a partnership to bring forward residential schemes worth £200m across the north-west and Yorkshire.

Countryside wins Cambridge consent

19 July 2011

A major mixed use community near Cambridge moved a step closer today after Countryside Properties won detailed planning consent for 306 homes at Great Kneighton, in Trumpington.

Croydon set to approve Ruskin Square and Menta

15 July 2011

Nearly 2m sq ft of proposed development near East Croydon Station is expected to be given the green light next Thursday, after being recommended for approval by planning officers.

Redrow Scotland purchase takes Springfield into the big league

15 July 2011

Springfield Properties has been a dominant force in the north of Scotland for many years but all of a sudden the Elgin-based housebuilder has emerged as a national player

RICS Housing Market Survey UK - June 2011

14 July 2011

The June 2011 RICS Housing Market Survey highlights three key points. First, house prices - on balance - continue to fall. Secondly, activity levels remain flat and are at relatively depressed levels. Finally, there continues to be a stark regional divergence with London continuing to buck the national price trend.

HCA hands out £1.8bn social housing funds to the regions

14 July 2011

The Homes and Communities Agency today announced how it will allocate £1.76bn of government money towards the building of affordable homes – with London securing more than 35% of the cash.

Barratt Developments reduces losses to £15m

14 July 2011

Barratt Developments made a loss of approximately £15m in the year to the end of June, a substantial improvement on its £160m losses last year.

Eatonfield’s biggest subsidiary collapses

11 July 2011

Eatonfield Developments Limited, a subsidiary of Rob Lloyd’s AIM-listed company Eastonfield, has gone into liquidation.

Galliard buys 7-9 Portland Place for resi

11 July 2011

Galliard Homes has paid £11m for 7-9 Portland Place, an office building in London’s West End which it plans to convert into luxury homes.

Homes in the castle

8 July 2011

Meteor Asset Management has won planning permission from Perth and Kinross Council to develop up to 25 luxury homes on the grounds of the 1552-built Taymouth Castle. Restoration is already under way to turn one wing into a luxury boutique hotel, due to be ready by late 2012.

In arrears

8 July 2011

Rocketing rents have triggered a 13% surge in the number of tenancies in arrears, says surveyor Templeton, which specialises in receivership services to lenders

Places for People considers REIT turn

8 July 2011

Places for People considers REIT turn

CityHeart plans Edinburgh student resi

6 July 2011

Chester-based property firm CityHeart Developments has been granted planning permission for a new 778 bed student accommodation in Edinburgh, which has been pre-let to Edinburgh Napier University.

St Modwen profits from resi recovery and hamstrung homebuilders

5 July 2011

Developer St Modwen revealed strong half-year results today, driven by active management and savvy negotiation of the difficult residential development market.

RESI 100: Nominations wanted

4 July 2011

Residential has come into its own as the most vibrant area of property, and to reflect its importance Property Week is searching for the 100 most influential people working in the sector. We want you to submit up to three names from either the private or public sectors.

Springfield buys Redrow's Scottish arm

1 July 2011

Elgin-based developer Springfield Properties has paid £49m for Redrow’s Scottish business, which was put up for sale earlier this year.

Reubens In & Out: Brothers to buy £130m Piccadilly Estate

30 June 2011

Brothers to buy £130m Piccadilly Estate out of receivership

Green light given for eco ‘cohousing’ scheme

30 June 2011

A co-operative housing society is behind plans for a £3m ecological project in Yorkshire which it claims will be the UK’s first affordable ’cohousing’ scheme, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.

British Land in £57m City of London residential buy

30 June 2011

British Land has bought a City of London residential property for £57m.

Shapps unveils Prince's eco home

28 June 2011

Housing minister Grant Shapps has today formally unveiled an innovative eco home designed by HRH The Prince of Wales’ Foundation for the Built Environment.

Savills and Wilmott Dixon in private-rented partnership

24 June 2011

Savills and Willmott Dixon have joined forces to develop a portfolio of private rented housing in what would be a bold move to kick-start the build-to-let movement.

Homebuilder body highlights drop in new houses

24 June 2011

The coalition’s controversial localism agenda has continued to dampen sentiment among housebuilders and keep the lid on new housing projects.

Buoyant Countryside considers second flotation

24 June 2011

Housebuilder makes relisting an objective and focuses on regeneration

Localism hits home with Countryside deputy chairman

24 June 2011

Localism has polarised opinion in the industry. Among its critics it is frequently bracketed alongside the dearth of mortgage finance as the cause of current low housing output

Stevenage homes plan buffeted by regional planning row

24 June 2011

Hertfordshire town core strategy deemed “unsound” by Planning Inspectorate

Homes & Communities Agency appoints new development partner in Greenwich

21 June 2011

One of the Homes & Communities Agency’s key regeneration projects in London has been given a fresh start following the appointment a new development partner

£30m Hong Kong cash for Pinnacle

20 June 2011

Pinnacle Regeneration Group has received £30m of investment from three Hong Kong-based families in order to fund its expansion plans.

Nimbys handcuffed to Chelsea Barracks railings

17 June 2011

Chelsea residents have today chained themselves to the bars of Chelsea Barracks, in protest against the failure of developer Qatari Diar to demonstrate the full height of the huge residential scheme that will be built at the site.

Galliard back on the grid in Greenwich

17 June 2011

NAMA and housebuilder put in more cash to finish mothballed scheme

Partner Capital One rebrands

17 June 2011

Partner Capital One, the private equity firm that targets prime residential, has changed its name to Beaubridge

UK Coal partners with Taylor for major residential development

16 June 2011

The property arm of the UK’s largest coal mining arm has agreed a deal with Taylor Wimpey which could see up to 4,000 homes built across England and Scotland over the next ten years.

Fire at Frogmore and Galliard's Strand scheme

14 June 2011

A high-end residential and hotel development in London’s Aldwych caught fire today.

David Higgins given knighthood

13 June 2011

Network Rail chief executive and former Lend Lease boss David Higgins had his career achievements honoured this weekend with a knighthood.

Prime £225m St John’s Wood site comes to market

10 June 2011

The Eyre Estate has today launched one of London’s most coveted residential development opportunities - the £225m sale of the St John’s Wood Barracks site in north-west London.

Blackstone completes Nido block

10 June 2011

Blackstone has this month completed the development of its latest Nido student accommodation scheme – a 277-bed block in Notting Hill, west London. The group is pushing ahead with marketing the rooms to students amid speculation over the future of Nido. Blackstone recently put its 1,000-bed student housing block in King’s Cross on the market for £180m.

European Commission directive threatens UK’s buy-to-let market

10 June 2011

Fears are growing among mortgage lenders that a proposal by the European Commission to introduce cross-border regulation of residential loans could undermine the UK’s resurgent buy-to-let market

Green light for Barratt Wilson Bowden's Basildon redevelopment

9 June 2011

Basildon Borough Council has granted Barratt Wilson Bowden planning permission for a mixed use development in Basildon town centre.

New Covent Garden loses Barratt from £1bn redevelopment race

8 June 2011

Barratt Group has bowed out of the competition to redevelop the New Covent Garden Market site in Nine Elms, leaving two French firms in the running for the £1bn deal.

Carlyle buys Rotterdam office for student accommodation

7 June 2011

US private equity group Carlyle has bought an office building in Rotterdam for conversion into student accommodation, through its joint venture with the MacGregor family.

Nobel Prize winner joins Dolphin Capital board

6 June 2011

AIM-listed residential investor Dolphin Capital has appointed a Nobel Prize winning economist to its board as non-executive director.

Shropshire Council: Build your own affordable home information pack

3 June 2011

In view of the critical need for affordable housing across Shropshire, the Council wishes to increase the supply of rural affordable homes.

New Peverel owner must manage ‘complex’ structure

3 June 2011

Administrators to Peverel, the housing management group owned by the Tchenguiz Family Trust, are close to selecting a shortlist of bidders for the company from as many as 131 interested parties

Hamptons International: UK Private Rented Sector - The Future of Institutional Investment in UK Residential

2 June 2011

The private rented sector is maturing as a property investment asset class, but Government efforts to stimulate institutional investment in the sector have thus far been disappointing.

McInerney’s debts top £225m

2 June 2011

McInerney Homes, the Wigan-based trading company behind collapsed housebuilder McInerney Group, owes its creditors more than £225m, according to a new report found by TheBusinessDesk.com.

Middle Eastern resi buyers up 50% in West End

27 May 2011

The Arab Spring has caused an uptick in the number of Middle Eastern buyers of West End residential property, according to a report by West End residential agency Kay & Co.

Kerslake and Carter make construction call

27 May 2011

In the old days of regional planning, it was established that 7,000 homes needed to be built in Kent every year for 20 years to satisfy demand

Private and public sectors pull together for Kent fund

27 May 2011

CB Richard Ellis prepares feasibility study for project

Wheeler in resi deal with Richardsons

27 May 2011

Former Brixton head forms residential company funded by property dynasty

Speymill Deutsche to leave AIM

25 May 2011

Speymill Deutsche Immobilien, the struggling German residential property investor, will delist from AIM on 31 May.

Hyde Hospital on the block

23 May 2011

The former Hyde Hospital has been put up for sale through the Manchester office of Colliers International.

Mountgrange launches resi debt fund

20 May 2011

Investment management firm Mountgrange is to launch a mezzanine fund targeting residential development.

A converted effort

20 May 2011

As London residential schemes achieve £4,000/sq ft, conversion from offices to housing is sweeping the capital

Countryside wins £8.1m contract

20 May 2011

Countryside Properties has won an £8.1m contract by housing association Moat to develop the third and final phase of the Christian Fields regeneration project in Gravesend, Kent. The phase consists of 51 houses and 18 affordable housing and shared-ownership flats. Construction is expected to start this September.

Don’t cut grants, calls Cluttons

20 May 2011

Cluttons has called on the government to reconsider its policy on affordable housing

Select’s Torch towers above all

20 May 2011

Select Group has completed construction of the Torch in Dubai, which it claims is the world’s tallest residential tower. At 348 metres and 86 floors the Torch is 25 metres taller than the previous world record holder, Q1 Tower in Gold Coast City, Australia. The Torch comprises 676 flats, which Select will hand over to investors this month.

South East portfolio helps boost Grainger NAV by 5%

19 May 2011

Grainger enjoyed 5% growth in net asset value per share off the back of growth in profits and the value of its South East England focussed portfolio.

Crest Nicholson announces robust figures

18 May 2011

Crest Nicholson has announced robust trading figures as its debt restructuring talks with US hedge fund Varde get closer to a conclusion.

Knight Frank enters partnership with New York residential broker Prudential Douglas Elliman

17 May 2011

Knight Frank has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership for residential business with New York’s largest residential brokerage, Prudential Douglas Elliman.

April surge causes London and South East resi price rise

13 May 2011

London and the south east provided the setting for a rush of transactions during April in an otherwise gloomy house market across England and Wales

East coast dominates development hotspots

13 May 2011

When Barratt Developments issued its trading update in February, a special mention was made of the housebuilder’s performance in Scotland: sales of 160 homes, totalling £18m, during the first eight weeks of its current financial year.

Schroder gets green light for £150m sustainable Sutton suburb

12 May 2011

Schroder Property Investment Management was last night granted planning permission for a £150m “sustainable” neighbourhood on the Felnex Trading Estate in Hackbridge, Sutton.

Spring brings out the residential sellers, RICS says

10 May 2011

Supply of property increased during April, as sellers returned to the test the spring housing market despite continuing weakness on prices, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey.

Databank: Scotland rents

06 May 2011

The rental market in Scotland remained strong in the first quarter, continuing the trend of last year, when rents rose by an average of 4%, climbing by as much as 10% in some areas

Local elections prompt housing outcry

06 May 2011

The Home Builders Federation and the Chartered Institute of Housing have urged councils to take more responsibility for housing provision following yesterday’s local elections

Neo Bankside’s not-so-far pavilions

06 May 2011

Native Land and Grosvenor have generated £130m of sales at the 199-unit Neo Bankside (pictured, right) next to London’s South Bank, as construction draws to a close on the second of the scheme’s four “pavilions”.The developers are launching the third pavilion next week, in which 20% of the flats are already presold at between £1,000/sq ft and £1,900/sq ft. The whole scheme is due for completion in spring 2012.

Paragon reports increased demand

06 May 2011

Nearly half of landlords experienced a rise in tenant demand during the first quarter of 2011, reports buy-to-let lender Paragon Group in its latest survey – up from 40% on the last quarter of 2010.Chief executive Nigel Terrington predicts that tenant demand will strengthen further this year.

Ballymore submits plans for US Embassy neighbourhood

5 May 2011

Irish property company Ballymore has submitted a planning application for major mixed-use scheme around the proposed US embassy complex.

Grosvenor selected as preferred bidder on Oxford homes

28 April 2011

Oxford City Council has named Grosvenor as preferred bidder to deliver up to 1,000 new homes in Barton, to the northeast of Oxford.

Peakside sells Berlin housing complex to TAG

27 April 2011

Peakside Capital, the Zug-based European real estate private equity firm, has sold a residential complex in Berlin to TAG Immobilien.

Welsh politicians “desperately need to wake up to the mounting housing crisis” says HBF

21 April 2011

Welsh politicians “desperately need to wake up to the mounting housing crisis”, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) warned today after revealing that residential development in the principality has slumped to its lowest level since the Second World War.

Databank: Development land recovers

21 April 2011

Development land is showing signs of strong recovery, albeit highly localised and focused on small, serviced sites

Mayor’s figures ‘wrong’

21 April 2011

London mayor Boris Johnson has come under attack over his claim to the media last week that “we are closing in on delivering this record target of 50,000 new affordable homes”.

Ken Livingstone: “The Conservative party is the enemy of affordable housing for Londoners."

20 April 2011

Labour’s London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone today spoke out against the Government’s proposed ‘affordable rent’ model, stating there had been a “woeful lack of leadership on the so-called ‘affordable rent’ plans from the Mayor of London and his team.”

LDA chief becomes Boris's regeneration boss

19 April 2011

The chief executive of the London Development Agency is to become the mayor of London Boris Johnson’s lead regeneration adviser, as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of his senior team.

Residential rents rise for the second consecutive month

15 April 2011

Residential rents have risen for the second consecutive month – up 0.4% in March to £687, which represents an annual increase of 4.2%, according to LSL Property Services

Databank: West Mids cities see the light

15 April 2011

Rent levels in the West Midlands’ main urban centres have strengthened in the past year, particularly in Birmingham city centre, where employment levels have started to recover from their 2008 low

Southern Cross meets with landlords as it battles "unsustainable" debt burden

14 April 2011

The UK’s largest care home operator, Southern Cross, today “constructive” talks with landlords as it seeks to battle an unsustainable debt burden.

OPLC ponders neighbourhood naming ideas

12 April 2011

“Plastic Fantastic”, “Redgravia”, and “Hoy Gateway” are among the first names suggested by members of the public for the “neighbourhoods” that are to be developed at the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park in London’s East End after next year’s Games.

Pickles consults on office-to-resi planning changes

8 April 2011

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has today launched a consultation to scrap the requirement for planning consents to convert offices into residential property.

Telford secures £70m facility for site acquisitions

8 April 2011

East London residential property developer Telford Homes has secured £70m of debt for future site acquisitions.

CB Richard Ellis goes Countrywide

08 April 2011

World’s biggest property adviser taps into UK residential market with huge estate agency partnership

Managers: take a stand on your brand

08 April 2011

Residential property management needs to become more of a branded service and incorporate some of the successful marketing ideas commonly used in both the US rental market and student accommodation sector

Crosslane makes second student fund purchase

7 April 2011

The Crosslane Student Accommodation Fund has bought its second property since its first closing six months ago.

Three shortlisted for Athletes' Village

6 April 2011

Delancey and Qatari Diar, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wellcome Trust have been shortlisted by the Olympic Delivery Authority to buy and manage the £500m Olympic Village in East London.

Manchester development doubles, says DJD Crane Survey

5 April 2011

The number of new development schemes in Manchester has more than doubled in the past year, according to Drivers Jonas Deloitte’s Manchester Crane Survey, which was published today.

Menta submits Cherry Orchard Road planning in Croydon

4 April 2011

Urban regeneration company Menta has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Croydon for 750,000 sq ft of development on its East Croydon station site.

Local council "direct payments to landlords" policy extended

1 April 2011

The government has temporarily extended the discretion of local authorities to make direct payments to landlords in return for lowering rents.

Bengal’s £4m Highbury loan

01 April 2011

Bengal Property Holdings has obtained a £4m, five-year loan from Nationwide Building Society to refinance a block of 17 fully let flats in the Highbury Stadium redevelopment in north London.Bengal is majority-owned by the Ziser Investment Group, which has a portfolio of 50 residential properties worth £130m and mainly based in London.

Kensington’s 3 Queen’s Gate sale

01 April 2011

Central London developer Northbeach has sold the freehold and all five flats in 3 Queen’s Gate Place in South Kensington to a Chinese investor for about £14m.“Foreign investors understand London’s ’safe haven’ status and the long-term capital growth potential available, at a time when many Far Eastern economies are overheating and following the recent political and economical problems in the Middle East and North Africa,” says Northbeach managing director Adam Blaskey.

Squat eviction law progresses

01 April 2011

Landlord Assist, the nationwide tenant eviction and rent collection firm, has welcomed government plans to make squatting illegal

Welsh assembly touts empty property fund

01 April 2011

The Welsh government has been urged by a cross-party group of Welsh Assembly members (AMs) to set up a fund from which local authorities can lend to landlords to bring empty properties back into use

Taylor Wimpey agrees £595m North American business sale

31 March 2011

Taylor Wimpey has agreed to sell its North American business as a it strives to focus on UK housebuilding.

Two receivership sales at Cannon auction

30 March 2011

Two Nationwide receiverships sales from Cannon Capital’s latest auction have sold for just over £450,000.

Global house price rise masks major divergence between countries

28 March 2011

Global house prices rose by 2.8% in the year to December 2010 – a modest increase that masks some big regional and country level differences, according to Knight Frank.

CABE review: harness localism to banish ‘Lego’ homes

25 March 2011

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Enviroment review has been a monthly fixture on these pages for the past year and a half, but it comes to an end as CABE prepares to merge with the Design Council next month

Residential experts dismiss £250m FirstBuy Direct as "negligible"

24 March 2011

Residential property experts have dismissed FirstBuy Direct, the £250m Budget measure for first-time buyers, as a negligible boost to the market and a questionable use of taxpayers’ money.

BUDGET 2011: Government to step up public land sales

23 March 2011

The government has announced plans to accelerate release of public sector land for use as housing, including testing out a “build now, pay later” scheme.

BUDGET 2011: Changes to stamp duty land tax welcomed

23 March 2011

The property sector has welcomed changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax announced in today’s Budget.

Russian resi developer plans $500m London float

23 March 2011

A Russian residential developer is planning a $500m initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.

Corestate buys €85m distressed German residential portfolio

22 March 2011

Switzerland-based private equity firm Corestate has bought a portfolio of 153 residential assets located in the Rhine Ruhr region of Germany valued at €85 million. 

Haxted and DevSecs buy £5m Sandbanks resi development site

21 March 2011

Haxted Estates, in partnership with Development Securities, has bought a waterside property in the prime residential location of Sandbanks, Poole, for the development of four luxury apartments.

Residential rents rise for the first time this year

18 March 2011

Residential rents rose for the first time this year in February, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL Property Services.

North to ‘suffer disproportionately’ under coalition

18 March 2011

Report damns government policy, claiming regional imbalance will worsen

Chief executive to leave Tchenguiz's Peverel business

17 March 2011

Nigel Bannister, the long-standing chief executive of Peverel, the Vincent Tchenguiz-owned housing management group which was placed into administration earlier this week, is to leave the business.

Residential once again deliver double-digit returns, IPD says

17 March 2011

Residential property has repaid the faith of the relatively small band of institutional investors that favour the sector by once again delivering double-digit returns, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

GI buys €214m of non-conforming Dutch residential mortgages

15 March 2011

GI Partners, the real estate private equity firm, has teamed up with Principal Company, a Dutch investment firm, to buy €214m of first lien, non-conforming residential mortgages in the Netherlands.

Databank: ‘staycations’ soar in south-west

11 March 2011

Demand for self-catering holiday homes in the south-west has rocketed

Strutts tacks on new recruit

11 March 2011

Strutt & Parker has appointed Matthew Tack from Hamptons International to its residential investment team in London as partner

Candys sell £900m of luxury apartments at One Hyde Park (video)

10 March 2011

Christian Candy’s CPC Group has sold £900m of apartments at its luxury One Hyde Park scheme in London – a figure previously only linked to exchanged sales.

MIPIM 2011 TV: James Caan mulls property entrepreneurs fund

8 March 2011

Dragon’s Den star James Caan told Property Week today he is considering setting up a fund to invest in property entrepreneurs.

Shop of the new

04 March 2011

Shopping streets in London, Stockholm and the Hague are thriving. Christine Eade examines the schemes that are rewriting the rule book

The Hague: Marks spot

04 March 2011

It would be the crowning irony if Marks & Spencer became one of the anchor tenants of the New Haagse Passage in the Hague

St Modwen JV gets Wolverhampton Goodyear consent

2 March 2011

A joint venture between St Modwen and Persimmon has secured planning permission for a £50m residential development in Wolverhampton.

Countrywide buys north-east agency

28 February 2011

Countrywide has bought north-east residential lettings agent Property Quarters, which operates offices out of North Shields and Whitly Bay.

‘Doubts must remain’ over changes to council funding

25 February 2011

Local government expert Tony Travers has condemned the government’s changes to council funding as a “journey into the unknown” for London, given that some boroughs are set to reap huge rewards from investment, while others gain little

Life does not stop at 55, and nor does the chance for development

25 February 2011

Applications for innovative, sustainable housing for older people will be regarded favourably by planners

Savills Research: Spotlight on Development Layout

24 February 2011

In an economic environment where the housing market is only partially functioning, the business of housing development is threatened by low turnover and values as well as funding and planning uncertainty.

Home Builders' Federation: New Housing Pipeline - Q4 2010

24 February 2011

The flow of residential approvals weakened for a third consecutive quarter during the closing months of 2010 as a modest pick up in approvals during the second half of 2009 and early 2010 lost momentum.

Essential Land joins Altyon and Delancey for redevelopment of GlaxoSmithKline London site

22 February 2011

Residential developer Essential Land has joined forces with fund manager Altyon and Delancey to draw up plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of part of GlaxoSmithKline’s landholding in Beckenham, south east London.

Local authority permissions for housebuilding continue to slide, says HBF

21 February 2011

Local authority planning permissions for housebuilding continued to slide during the final quarter of 2010, according to the latest Home Builders Federation (HBF).

Shapps' homes bonus plan draws diverse criticism

18 February 2011

Housing minister Grant Shapps has drawn criticism from groups as diverse as countryside campaigners and housebuilders after announcing details of the coalition’s plan to boost residential development with a New Homes Bonus for local authorities.

DevSec and Cathedral lodge £100m Greenwich regeneration plans

18 February 2011

Development Securities and Cathedral Group have submitted plans for the redevelopment of the former Greenwich Industrial Estate into a mixed-use scheme called “The Movement”, between Norman Road and Waller Way.

Grosvenor goes Native with Chelsea residential site

18 February 2011

Grosvenor and Native Land to buy £50m 1 acre Alpha Place out of receivership

Morgan Sindall and Bournemouth Council exchange contracts on £350m vehicle

17 February 2011

Bournemouth Council and Morgan Sindall have exchanged contracts to form a £350m - £500m local asset backed vehicle in a plan to woo private sector money following public sector cuts, as revealed by Property Week (19.11.2010).

Westminster paves way for Reubens' Paddington skyscraper

17 February 2011

Westminster Council last night gave the go-ahead to the billionaire Reuben brothers’ initial designs for one of the UK’s tallest buildings at Paddington.

Plans lodged for 143 King’s Cross Central Homes

14 February 2011

King’s Cross Central developer Argent has submitted plans for the fourth residential development on the 67-acre site in London, with plans to deliver 143 affordable homes.

Land values reach plateau

11 February 2011

The rate of growth in English residential development land values slowed sharply in the final quarter of 2010, says Knight Frank

Mortgage approvals at 2009 level

11 February 2011

Mortgage approvals have fallen to their lowest level since February 2009 when the market was just emerging from the worst of the credit crunch

Sunbury rises with Pretek order

11 February 2011

Pretek Precision Homes, an “eco-responsible” housebuilder, has received its first order for its factory in Walker Park, Blackburn

Buy-to-let lending rose by 22% in 2010, CML says

10 February 2011

Lending for buy-to-let property investment was 22% higher in 2010 than in 2009, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have shown.

Grainger secures £100m debt facility from Prudential arm

9 February 2011

Grainger has secured a £100m debt facility from M&G, an arm of insurance giant Prudential

Boris launches plans to widen Olympic legacy area

8 February 2011

Plans to merge the Olympic Park Legacy Company with the Mayor of London’s office and expand its remit beyond the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park have  been published for consultation this week.

Second phase of Surrey regeneration to begin this month

4 February 2011

Residential developer A2Dominion has completed the first phase of its £50m regeneration project, Stanwell New Start, in Surrey.

Are householders ready to live in eco-friendly homes?

04 February 2011

The 2016 target for zero carbon on new-build homes is challenging and costly

Databank: renters stung in affluent Cambridge

04 February 2011

Cambridge rents are noticeably higher than comparable locations

Agents sought for Lloyds Banking Group homes legacy

3 February 2011

Lloyds Banking Group is on the verge of appointing consultants to asset manage vast residential portfolios that have breached loan covenants or have been repossessed by the bank.

Lord Freud hits back at housing benefit cuts critics

2 February 2011

Lord Freud, the Welfare Reform Minister, today hit back at critics of the coalition’s plans to cut housing benefit and rejected claims that the proposals would lead to an exodus of private landlords from the housing benefit sector.

3,205 new London homes stalled

1 February 2011

Up to 3,205 homes in London are on hold until development finance can be secured, according to research published today by CB Richard Ellis.

Unite wins consent for north London student flats

31 January 2011

Student housing developer and manager Unite Group has won consent for a 524-bed accommodation scheme in north London.

Gold-plated property for the ‘haves’ of the world, as first rung of ladder eludes ‘have-nots’

28 January 2011

Success of luxury home developers like Earlcrown highlights huge disparity between prime and entry-level residential

Chesterton Humberts: House Price Poll of Polls - December 2010

27 January 2011

House prices fall by 0.6% in December but increase by 6.4% in 2010 overall

Lloyds Banking Group's Walsh becomes Council of Mortgage Lenders chairman

25 January 2011

Colin Walsh, managing director of Lloyds Banking Group Mortgages, today became chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Property leaders lobby coalition on housing benefit payment

21 January 2011

Property leaders urged coalition ministers to keep their pre-election pledge of restoring the direct payment of housing benefit to landlords after new figures today revealed that 11.7% of all UK rent went unpaid in December.

CABE review: eight in Beds together

21 January 2011

Fairfield Park, Stotfold, Bedfordshire

Prime London lettings resurgence

21 January 2011

Prime London rents rose 2.2% in the final quarter to take the annual increase to 16%, says Knight Frank

AWG Property secures South Ayrshire permission

20 January 2011

AWG Property, the property development arm of Anglian Water Group, has be given the go-ahead to develop 495 new homes in South Ayrshire.

Outlook for house prices 'remains mixed'

18 January 2011

The level of completed house sales “stabilised” at the end of 2010 but the outlook for the residential market remains mixed, says the RICS.

Plans submitted for Downing's Leeds student flat scheme

14 January 2011

Plans for the £40m redevelopment of a four-acre site in Leeds city centre’s Civic Quarter have been submitted to the city council.

Green light for South Acton

14 January 2011 upload

Countryside Properties and London & Quadrant, the housing association, have won detailed planning consent for the first phase in the regeneration of the South Acton Estate in Ealing, west London

No mortgage respite for first-time buyers

14 January 2011 upload

“Almost-flat lending is the new norm” Hometrack boss warns

CapCo faces "localist" stumbling block

12 January 2011

Capital & Counties has hit a fresh planning hurdle in its proposed 67-acre redevelopment of the Earl’s Court area in west London.

NAV at Unite's student accommodation fund rises

11 January 2011

Net asset value in Unite Group’s UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF) rose by 1.1% in the last quarter of 2010, the student accommodation developer and manager said today.

Free white paper: Empty property - Protect and Survive

10 January 2011

Owners of more than three-quarters of UK properties are at risk if their building is extensively damaged, because they don’t have the right insurance. And even worse, they don’t know they’re at risk.

Persimmon chairman White to leave the company

10 January 2011

Persimmon chairman John White is to resign from the company this year, having been at the house-builder for more than 30 years.

Databank: boom in London rents subsides

07 January 2011

The London lettings market has undergone a transformation in its fortunes over the past 18 months

McLaren Construction Group launches new property division

6 January 2011

McLaren Construction Group has launched a new property division which will target development opportunities in the retail, student accommodation, hotel, mixed-use, leisure and London residential markets.

Parkside Place preferred bidder announced

5 January 2011

Grosvenor Developments has chosen Willmott Dixon as preferred bidder for the £17.5m Parkside Place project in Cambridge.

House prices rose in December - the first rise since May

31 December 2010

House prices have risen by 0.4% in December, representing the first rise in prices since May.

Tackling the housing crisis would create £1.2bn annual regional investment

30 December 2010

Tackling the housing crisis will lead to a £1.2bn annual investment in local communities and the creation of 216,000 jobs, research by the Home Builders Federation has found.

Almost 75% of houses worth less now than start of 2010

27 December 2010

Nearly three quarters of the country saw house prices end 2010 lower than at the start of the year in a fragile market that continues to be skewed by weak demand and mortgage finance, says Hometrack.

House prices to fall 2% next year says RICS

22 December 2010

House prices are likely to fall 2% during 2011 with the low level of mortgage availability keeping a peg on transactions, according to the RICS.

Berkeley opens up Aldgate

17 December 2010

Pidgley’s housebuilder buys seven acre regeneration site on City fringe from receiver

Coalition’s regeneration plans need grand redesign

17 December 2010

Centre for Cities calls for new Transformation Fund

Lenders loosen but house prices still fall

17 December 2010

House prices fell 0.1% in November as the rate of decline picked up over the past three months, the Halifax said last week

Sherley-Dale’s JMS buys Earls Court building for student housing

10 December 2010

Michael Sherley-Dale’s JMS Estates has bought an historic, vacant building near London’s Earls Court to convert into student housing.

Bank of Scotland to launch residential property derivatives range

10 December 2010

Bank of Scotland is to launch a range of residential property derivatives aimed at retail investors, the Financial Times reported at the weekend.

St Modwen and HCA sign £400m Weston development agreement

9 December 2010

St Modwen and the Homes and Communities Agency have today signed a development agreement which gives the green light to the first phase of a £400m regeneration scheme near Weston-super-Mare.

House prices continued to fall in November

9 December 2010

House prices fell by 0.1% November, continuing a trend of declining prices off the back of reduced demand and increased supply, the Halifax House price index said today.

One Hyde Park developer opens new Knightsbridge tube station

8 December 2010

Project Grande, the joint venture between Qatar and Christian Candy’s CPC Group, yesterday opened a newly designed entrance to Kensington Tube station to the public.

Qatari Diar submits new outline plans for Chelsea Barracks

3 December 2010

Qatari Diar has submitted new outline plans for its proposed development of the former Chelsea Barracks in London.

Berkeley Group profits up nearly 20%

3 December 2010

Housebuilder Berkeley Group revealed an 18.5% increase in pre-tax profit over the past six months during an ‘elusive sustained recovery’.

Databank: buy to let is the future

03 December 2010

It is likely that 2010 will be viewed as the year residential investment in the UK finally matured into a serious asset class

Unite transfers £144m of student housing to fund

29 November 2010

Student accommodation developer Unite has sold £144m of assets into its UK Student Accommodation Fund.

Age UK in Shapps attack

26 November 2010

Housing minister Grant Shapps has come under attack from Age UK over his proposed housing benefit cuts

Next generation of sustainable housing wins plaudits

26 November 2010

CABE hails “vintage year” for housebuilding as developers start to take sustainability seriously

Thinktank’s plan to fund 1 million affordable houses

26 November 2010

Britain could build 1 million affordable housing units over the next five years and still slash government spending, if radical measures are taken to cut the cost of development land and the interest rates paid by social landlords

Grainger cautious as it posts NAV rise

25 November 2010

Grainger’s net asset value rose 3.1% over the past year as improvements in the value of its central London and south-east focussed portfolio outperformed IPD and Halifax indices.

Homes and Communities Agency cuts £1.9bn funding for 13 schemes

22 November 2010

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has today cut funding worth £1.9bn for 13 regeneration schemes across England.

Candy's CPC launches high-end finance business

22 November 2010

Christian Candy’s CPC Group has joined forces with high-end mortgage provider Mortgage Centre IFA to launch a short-term financing business.

More cheer for landlords as rents go up again and arrears fall

19 November 2010

Landlords had cause to celebrate in October as tenant arrears dropped significantly and rents rose for the ninth consecutive month, says LSL Property Services plc, which owns lettings agents Your Move and Reeds Rains.

Grosvenor cuts agents to five

19 November 2010

Savills, CB Richard Ellis, Knight Frank, DTZ and Gerald Eve win

Grainger pioneers “spirit of localism” at Newlands site

19 November 2010

Developer supports build to let with plans for homes in Hants scheme

Oxford requires partner for homes

19 November 2010

Oxford City Council is seeking a private sector partner to build 1,000 homes in Barton, east Oxford

Government launches New Homes Bonus

12 November 2010

Housing minister Grant Shapps has today pledged nearly £1bn of funding for councils that give planning permission for new housing development.

Databank: radical reform required after housing cuts

12 November 2010

The changes outlined in the Comprehensive Spending Review set the affordable housing sector an agenda of radical reform. This comes alongside the complete restructuring of the planning process

RICS survey suggests further housing market weakness

9 November 2010

Further signs of weakness in the house market emerged today with the latest RICS survey, which showed that new buyer enquiries dropped in October.

Residential Land hires former Cluttons senior partner

8 November 2010

Richard Cotton, the former senior partner at Cluttons, has been appointed as property director of Residential Land, central London’s largest private landlord.

Barratt, Berkeley and co break ground in London

05 November 2010

Construction started on 6,784 private-sale homes on 101 development sites across London during the first nine months of 2010, says research consultant Molior London

Partner to pick up baton from fainthearted banks

05 November 2010

Mainstream banks may still baulk at the prospect of backing residential development. But their loss is others’ gain, particularly in central London, where demand outstrips supply and sterling’s weakness continues to attract overseas buyers

Minister accuses landlords of "inflating prices"

4 November 2010

The row between Lord Freud and the property industry over the coalition’s housing benefit cuts escalated today when the Minister for Welfare Reform accused residential landlords of “inflating their prices” for benefit claimants.

St Modwen starts first homes in £1bn West Midlands regeneration scheme

3 November 2010

St Modwen has started developing the first homes in the £1bn regeneration of Longbridge in the West Midlands.

Full consent for £4.5bn Cricklewood scheme

29 October 2010

Barnet Council this week granted full consent for the £4.5bn Town Centre scheme in Brent Cross in Cricklewood, north London.

Cuts expected to hit transactions

29 October 2010

The latest figures from Revenue and Customs show housing transactions edged up in September and, over the third quarter, reached their best level for nearly a year

London Rental Housing Company targets ‘sandwich class’

29 October 2010

The idea of build-to-let as one way of boosting the private-rented sector has been around for years without ever being taken up wholeheartedly. But one entrepreneur believes he can succeed where others have failed

Young Group finds regions ready for investment

29 October 2010

Young Group’s third quarter figures present a mixed outlook. Landlords surveyed by the fund manager indicate less confidence in prices remaining static or rising

Housebuilders waiting for 'autumn uplift'

22 October 2010

Housebuilders are still waiting for the traditional autumn uplift in the market to get development quotas back on track, according to the latest figures from the National House-Building Council (NHBC).

Country prices continue to fall

22 October 2010

Prime country house prices fell on average by almost 1% in the third quarter, but are still 6% higher than they were a year ago, says Knight Frank.The firm’s country house index shows that the value of manor houses fell by 1.3% and farmhouses and cottage prices slipped by 0.6% and 0.8%, respectively. Prices fell in every part of England, and Knight Frank forecasts further falls in the final three months of 2010.

Hempel worships at Yoo's temple

22 October 2010

Anouska Hempel is the latest high-profile designer to join Yoo, the residential design and branding group. Best known for her hotel and restaurant interiors, Hempel’s distinctive fusion of different cultures will be unveiled in a series of soon-to-be announced projects, says Yoo chairman John Hitchcox.

Berkeley Group looking at second residential fund

21 October 2010

Berkeley Group is working up plans to bring housing on several of its current development sites together for a second residential investment fund.

September mortgage lending hits ten-year low as CML warns on cuts

20 October 2010

Gross mortgage lending in September was an estimated £12bn, the Council of Mortgage Lending said, the lowest September in the last ten years.

Property Standards Board throws in the towel

18 October 2010

The Property Standards Board has thrown in the towel barely a year after it was launched to improve residential property and protect consumers from cowboy sales and letting agents.

Residential rents hit record high

15 October 2010

Residential rents exceeded their pre-downturn peak in September to hit a record high, according to the latest figures from LSL Property Services.

First-time buyers squeezed again

15 October 2010

Six months of improving credit conditions came to a halt in September with first-time buyers the worst affected by the renewed mortgage squeeze

No change in part exchange

15 October 2010

Part-exchange deals on new homes are here to stay, says housebuilder Seddon Homes

Orient express

15 October 2010

British estate agents are heading east on roadshows for Asian investors, who are hungry for London residential property. Claer Barrett reports

Mount Anvil gets green light for Highbury Park

13 October 2010

Specialist London residential developer and contractor Mount Anvil has secured planning permission this week to develop a prime site in Highbury Park in North London.

Peel submits Rossfield Park North plans

12 October 2010

Peel Investments has submitted an outline planning application to Cheshire West and Chester Council for Rossfield Park North, an employment and housing development on 26.8 acres of land north of Ellesmere Port’s town centre.

Crown confirms housing sale to Peabody

12 October 2010

The Crown Estate has chosen London housing specialists Peabody to buy its Cumberland Market, Millbank, Victoria Park and Lee Green housing estates.

London Assembly raises Olympics 2012 legacy concerns

12 October 2010

The Olympic Park Legacy Company’s ability to maximise the economic benefits from the Olympic Park and the 2012 Games has been challenged by the London Assembly.

Grainger predicts “challenging” conditions despite rise in values

8 October 2010

Grainger has warned that the country’s housing market will continue to be affected by the wider economy despite having seen a 4.5% year-on-year increase in its UK residential portfolio.

Marathon investor could win gold

08 October 2010

Olympic Delivery Authority offers long-term investors the chance to be part of a new city in east London

House prices in September fall by biggest margin since records began

7 October 2010

House prices last month fell by the biggest margin since records began in 1985, the Halifax House Price Index has shown.

HCA appoints Pat Ritchie as chief executive

5 October 2010

Pat Ritchie has today been appointed as interim chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Peel submits plans for Liverpool Waters

4 October 2010

The Peel Group will today submit a planning application for its £5.5bn Liverpool Waters project.

UPP opens Exeter student digs

1 October 2010

UPP has opened the first phase of £133m student digs at the University of Exeter.

Clegg heeds RESI 10 calls for new finance model

01 October 2010

Industry figures first to advocate tax-increment finance

Developers set sail in 'unchartered waters'

01 October 2010

Veteran developers Gerald Ronson, chief executive of Heron International, and Berkeley Group chairman Tony Pidgley warned delegates of property “entering unchartered waters” and an industry in “crisis”, respectively

Redrow chief comes down on planning system like a ton of bricks

01 October 2010

If there is one thing guaranteed to make housebuilders uptight, it is the planning system, and they usually need no excuse to bemoan their plight to anyone who will listen

Who was top of returns class at Invest with the Best

01 October 2010

Prime property pays, as proven by the Invest with the Best session at RESI 10, where three specialists each had to persuade the audience of how best to spend £3m in cash

AEGON secures more cash for healthcare fund

30 September 2010

AEGON Asset Management has secured two more institutional investors, through DTZ Investment Management, for its AEGON Target Healthcare Property Fund.

PWTV: Derivatives imply 10% drop in residential market over the next two years

28 September 2010

Derivatives are implying a 10% drop in residential property prices over the next two years, Royal Bank of Scotland property derivatives trader Naomi Yarrow told Property Week today.

London residential and Asia drive Knight Frank profits up 168%

27 September 2010

Knight Frank grew profits by 168% in the last financial year, the company said today.

Arsenal buries debt with Highbury property sales  

24 September 2010

Arsenal Football Club has paid off all the debt used to develop apartments on its former stadium through sales of the flats.

Cuts to benefits could leave landlords in gutter

24 September 2010

Proposed cuts to local housing allowances will affect many landlords’ income and could add to homelessness, claims the National Landlords Association (NLA) after a survey of its members

Dragon creates £200m lux fund

24 September 2010

Dragons’ Den entrepreneur James Caan and Kam Babaee, CEO of residential developer K10 Group, have created a £200m luxury London homes venture.

Home truths: Doug Morrison

24 September 2010

Pickles must take his head out of the sand and recognise crisis

London flatsharer’s £10m fund launch

24 September 2010

Urban Share, the London flatshare specialist, has launched a £10m investment fund to take advantage of surging demand for shared residential properties in the capital.

New online marketing firm has big ambitions

24 September 2010

Online property marketing is changing fast

Ronson and Pidgley sound alarm over market prospects

24 September 2010

Residential development giants believe the industry is “in crisis” and is entering uncertain times.

Supply causes house price fall

24 September 2010

A further increase in the supply of property to the market pushed house prices down for the second consecutive month in August, says the RICS in its latest survey.

GVA Grimley: Student Housing 2010

23 September 2010

The number of students attending higher education institutions in the UK has steadily increased from 1.6 to 2.4 million over the past 15 years, with growth strongest for full-time postgraduate and part-time undergraduate courses.

Shapps beefs up “Right to Build” planning vote

23 September 2010

Housing minister Grant Shapps has strengthened measures that give local people the power to circumvent the planning process if they vote in favour of development.

Council rejects £120m Gravesend regeneration plan

21 September 2010

Gravesham Borough Council has rejected a planning application for the £120m development of the Heritage Quarter in Gravesend town centre in Kent.

PWTV: Rented sector demand is beacon of hope for the regions, says Bloxham

17 September 2010

High demand for private rented accomodation is providing opportunities for the struggling regional residential sector, Tom Bloxham MBE said yesterday.

DCLG's McCarthy says planning must be "bottom up" efficient

17 September 2010

Planning can be a more efficient process whilst also giving more power to the local community, Richard McCarthy, director general of housing and policy at the Department of Communities and Local Government, said yesterday.

‘Dangerous’ landlords damage private sector

17 September 2010

Local authorities must prosecute landlords who flout tenant protection laws, says the National Landlords Association (NLA) following a damning investigation by Shelter

Edinburgh meets affordable housing needs in the middle

17 September 2010

Council appoints Cruden Group to develop proportion of homes for “mid-rent”

Rent to buy could help first-timers on to property ladder, says CB Richard Ellis

17 September 2010

Much effort has gone into promoting the private-rented sector, but it could also be the means of boosting the owner-occupation market rather than an end in itself, believes CB Richard Ellis

Ronson warns property is 'entering unchartered waters'

16 September 2010

The property industry is moving into “unchartered waters”, Gerald Ronson, chief executive of developer Heron International, has warned.

Outlook for private-rented sector is "very tricky"

16 September 2010

The outlook for the private rented sector is “very tricky” and institutional investors must be encouraged to invest to ensure it can grow to meet housing tenure demands.

Bootle predicts extended period of falling house prices

16 September 2010

Leading economist Roger Bootle kicked off Property Week’s RESI 10 event in Newport today with a sober analysis of a house market that is likely to remain fragile for some time.

RICS appoints Richard Moxon as chair of UK World Regional Board

14 September 2010

Richard Moxon has been appointed chair of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors UK World Regional Board, the largest RICS world region.

Foxtons to open 20 new branches

13 September 2010

Foxtons has announced plans to open 20 new branches over the next three years.

Romford's Oldchuch granted planning permission

10 September 2010

Taylor Wimpey has been granted new planning permission for the Oldchurch Hospital site in Romford.

Berkeley commits to HCA scheme in ‘landmark deal’

10 September 2010

Government private-rent initiative finally gets off the ground almost two years after its inception

Landlords quit smokers

10 September 2010

Smokers face a housing crisis because of growing intolerance of landlords, says Easyroommate.co.uk

Safestore locks in occupants

10 September 2010

Safestore, the self-storage company, claims it has seen “unprecedented levels of occupancy growth” in its business because of the rising number of homeowners selling up and moving into rented property to await the outcome of the downturn in house prices

Invesco launches third UK fund for German institutions

9 September 2010

Invesco Real Estate has launched and completed the first closing of its third UK fund for German-speaking institutional investors.

Connaught administration concerns councils

8 September 2010

Local authorities are today looking at contingency plans for schemes after social housing company Connaught went into administration.

HCA gives green light for 100 resi schemes

7 September 2010

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today gave the green light to more than 100 residential schemes – totalling 5,400 new homes – after freeing up £186.77m of funding that had been frozen in the wake of the Coalition coming to power.

Wapping flats get go ahead

7 September 2010

Architect Hawkins\Brown has secured planning consent for change of use from offices to residential at the Grade II-listed Metropolitan Wharf in Wapping, east London.

Cowell in £60m London treble

03 September 2010

Property investor buys luxury flats in Chelsea, shops in Enfield and a Hilton in Queensway

Health secretary and Crest Nicholson set for High Court

03 September 2010

Dispute centres on “overage payment” at former Hertfordshire hospital

Old housing targets may cause problems for government

03 September 2010

The government may have been quick to throw out Labour’s regional spatial strategies (RSS), but some local authorities are planning to adhere to the original housing targets they set

Green light for Ealing's Green Man

2 September 2010

Ealing Council yesterday granted planning permission for the £136m regeneration of the run-down Green Man Lane estate.

Europa Capital and St Congar buy 100 acres in Gloucestershire

1 September 2010

The English Residential Land Partnership, Europa Capital and St Congar Land’s residential land vehicle, has bought a 100 acre land site near Brockworth in Gloucestershire.

Knight Frank's Second Home Revival: New-Build Second Homes Report 2010

31 August 2010

The second home market was one of the most resilient sectors of the housing market throughout the recent recession surprisingly so, perhaps.

CABE review: more than one level to bungalows

27 August 2010

Hirst Gardens, Burnley Wood, BurnleySheltered housing scheme reinvents the bungalow and encourages independence for the elderly

Good life assured with Holiday Property Bond

27 August 2010

Thousands of investors are turning to one of the unsung residential successes of recent years – Holiday Property Bond (HPB), a life assurance bond that measures its performance in holidays, rather than financial returns

BURA set for voluntary liquidation

23 August 2010

The British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) is set to go into voluntary liquidation, it has emerged today.

‘Year of the landlord’ to extend through 2011

20 August 2010

Tenants are bracing themselves for rent rises over the next year, judging by homes search website Rightmove’s latest consumer confidence survey.

Housing minister could live to regret Shapps decisions

20 August 2010

When government ministers float radical property ideas during the summer recess, the industry is entitled to suspect the deftest of political spin: they want to gauge reaction before setting their full policy-making machine into motion

Rathbone Market green light after £13m boost

19 August 2010

The £180m Rathbone Market regeneration scheme in Newham in London has secured £13m funding to enable work on the project to begin.

HCA included in unions’ list of “unfair” cuts

18 August 2010

Cuts to the Homes and Communities Agency and the Building Schools for the Future programme have made it onto a list of 100 “unfair” cuts, published by the Trades Union Congress today.

Countryside Properties gets the go ahead in Barking

13 August 2010

Countryside Properties has been granted outline planning permission by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation for Fresh Wharf in Barking.

London flat prices outperform national average

9 August 2010

Flat prices in central London showed a 2.3% increase between the first and second quarter of 2010, according to land registry data released today.

Brecon Beacons scheme lights ways for affordable housing

06 August 2010

Initiative that allows development on rural land deemed success after Crickhowell “exception site” hailed as exemplar

Government misses key housing and planning targets

4 August 2010

The government is falling short on more than half of the targets for housing and planning imposed by the previous administration, show official documents published today.

St Modwen gets planning consent for £10m redevelopment of Sunderland glassworks site

4 August 2010

St. Modwen has received planning consent to transform a former glassworks site into a £10m mixed use development.

House prices rise 0.6% in July

4 August 2010

House prices rose by 0.6% in July, the Halifax House Price Index said today, offsetting a fall of the same amount in June.

Stalled housing developments secure investment from London mayor and HCA

3 August 2010

Stalled development projects which would deliver more than 500 affordable homes in London have today secured investment from the London mayor Boris Johnson and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

Carlyle makes £40m resi debut in Chelsea

30 July 2010

Private equity firm targets “resilient” sector with 50% stake in scheme

Hotbed’s £13.5m grounds for success

30 July 2010

Firm aims to raise £5m for second ground rent portfolio.Doug Morrison reports

Luxury flats buy for West Register

30 July 2010

RBS distressed assets unit takes in Charters scheme at cut price

Yorks "eco-town" site for sale

30 July 2010

The site of one of the former Labour government’s proposed “eco-towns” is up for sale

Bank of England figures show mortgage lending remaining quiet

29 July 2010

Total mortgaging rose by £600m in June, the Bank of England’s lending figures showed today, but the number of loans approved fell in a sign that the lending market will remain quiet into autumn.

Development agreement paves way for Potters Fields

27 July 2010

The next step in the development of Potters Fields, the development site sandwiched between Tower Bridge and London’s City Hall, took place yesterday with the confirmation of a development agreement between Southwark Council and Berkeley Homes.

Shapps unveils "Right to Build" planning reforms

23 July 2010

Housing minister Grant Shapps has today unveiled the government’s latest “localist” proposals for the planning system, which aim to let rural villagers decide where they want homes built.

Databank: RICS predicts prices to fall again

23 July 2010

Recent news on the housing market has been mixed. Activity levels are still depressed, following the expiry of the stamp duty holiday at the end of last year, and price indices show divergent trends.

Housebuilders call for HomeBuy reboot

23 July 2010

Industry fears putting off first-time buyers as Labour’s HomeBuy Direct finishes and mortgage deposits remain high

London resi rents surge, says Knight Frank

21 July 2010

Residential landlords in London’s prime areas have seen a surge in rents over the past year, according to Knight Frank.

Mortgage lending up by 15% in June

20 July 2010

Gross mortgage lending in June was 15% higher than in May, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have shown, but is still at a low level.

Raynsford appointed Olympics homes company chairman

19 July 2010

Labour MP Nick Raynsford has been appointed chairman of Triathlon Homes, the company established to own and manage the affordable housing at in the Athletes’ Village in Stratford, east London, following the 2012 Olympics.

British rents are highest in Europe

16 July 2010

The average monthly rent for a flat in Britain is £348 - the highest in Europe - but London is not the most expensive city to live in, says flatshare website Easyroommate.co.uk

Eastbank has HCA to thank

16 July 2010

Manchester Ship Canal Developments has secured £5m of Homes and Communities Agency funding to deliver the next “crucial” phase of its Eastbank regeneration project in Ancoats, Manchester

Hunter gathers backers for new developer de lux

16 July 2010

Northacre co-founder has created development company with a very different approach

Plans submitted for Falkirk scheme

14 July 2010

British Waterways and Falkirk Council have submitted plans for 58-acre mixed use scheme on Forth & Clyde canal.

Barratt cools housing recovery talk

14 July 2010

Barratt Developments today tempered the current talk of a UK housing recovery and said that the market is likely to remain challenging as a result of continued constraints on the availability of mortgage finance and overall economic concerns.

MCC shortlist five developers for luxury flats at Lord’s

13 July 2010

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has shortlisted five development companies to build a residential scheme at Lord’s Cricket Ground in St John’s Wood, London.

Barclays provides student accomodation debt

13 July 2010

Barclays Corporate has provided £27.4m senior debt finance for Campus Living Villages to develop student accommodation at the University of Bedfordshire.

£150m regeneration set to go ahead after Tesco drops challenge

12 July 2010

A £150m regeneration project in north Liverpool looks set to go ahead after Tesco announced it will not appeal a High Court ruling upholding planning refusal for a new supermarket on part of the site.

Databank: look beyond easy-build option

09 July 2010

The residential development land market is polarising: there is strong competition for some sites and no activity at all on others.

Green light for Essex green belt works

09 July 2010

Communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles has sanctioned large-scale development in the Essex green belt, despite the government’s general stance of defending green belt land

Zoopla strengthens online offer with three estate agency agreements

8 July 2010

Property website Zoopla.co.uk has strengthened its position in the online marketing arena by signing long term strategic partnerships with the UK’s three largest estate agency groups – Countrywide, LSL Property Services and Connells Group.

Drivers Jonas Deloitte: London Student Housing Crane Survey 2010

5 July 2010

Student numbers studying at London’s universities have continued to grow and the supply of student accommodation in the capital remains tight. A year on from our first survey our latest research highlights that 2,490 bedspaces have completed in the last year across the capital.

Databank: central London’s Far Eastern appeal

02 July 2010

Mortgage providers only recently opened the door to realistically priced buy-to-let lending, and housebuilders have been focusing on creating products that appeal to owner-occupiers

Kentish town tops Poundbury for placemaking

02 July 2010

Liberty Property Trust’s Kings Hill in Kent embodies the best of residential development when it comes to new, large-scale rural settlements, says CB Richard Ellis

London Square turns corner with £100m investment

02 July 2010

Chief exec reveals plans to build 600 homes a year in Greater London

Speedier sales for repos

02 July 2010

The time taken to sell repossession homes is coming down, claims agent Spicerhaart

Tesco loses appeal over Liverpool regeneration scheme

30 June 2010

A legal challenge by Tesco, which was blocking a major regeneration scheme in Liverpool, has been rejected by the High Court.

Government tells councils to set up local enterprise partnerships

29 June 2010

RDA replacements will have responsibility for planning, housing, transport and infrastructure. Local authorities have until 6 September to draw up plans for partnering with businesses.

Minerva secures £107.5m of luxury apartment sales

29 June 2010

Minerva, the London commercial and residential developer, said this morning that it had sold 11 apartments at its Lancaster Gate scheme, overlooking Hyde Park, for £107.5m.

Chelsea Barracks saga set to continue

25 June 2010

Christian Candy has won a High Court claim against Qatari Diar on the Chelsea Barracks project but failed in a bid for early payment of his £81m project fee.

If Carsberg did property regulation ...

25 June 2010

President of the E-Homebuying Forum squares up to “laissez faire” coalition

Native Land's Chelsea bundle

25 June 2010

Native Land has secured planning consent to convert 10,000 sq ft of offices on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, into eight luxury flats

Woods Lane goes green

25 June 2010

The East Midlands Renewable Energies Group is behind an ambitious scheme that aims to achieve level 5 in the government’s code for sustainable homes

HCA Oxfordshire hospital site gets resi green light

24 June 2010

Plans to redevelop a derelict Oxfordshire hospital on Homes and Communities Agency land as part of a residential scheme has been given the go ahead.

Liverpool student housing scheme makes the grade

23 June 2010

Liverpool-based developer EHA Developments has won planning permission from Liverpool City Council for a 354-bed student accomodation scheme at Chatham PLace in Edge Hill, Liverpool.

Mortgage lending up 7% in May

18 June 2010

Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £11.3 billion in May according to the Council of Mortgage Lending.

Asian buyers do their homework on London acquisitions

18 June 2010

A flood of UK property experts are heading to the Far East once again

CABE review: Barking bites back

18 June 2010

Barking Central: No longer isolated, the town centre is now a proud, vibrant home.

Countrywide buys Hamptons International

17 June 2010

Countrywide, the UK’s largest residential estate agency and property services group, today acquired upmarket agent Hamptons International from Dubai-based Emaar Properties.

Google enters property listings market

16 June 2010

Google, the world’s biggest search engine, today added residential property listings to its Google Maps service and claimed that the new feature already covers “hundreds of thousands” of homes for sale and rent.

House prices edge up but HIPS abolition increases supply says RICS

15 June 2010

House prices edged up in May, but the government’s decision to abolish HIPS has given supply a boost, according to the RICS.

CABE calls on housebuilders to think outside the box

11 June 2010

“We just build boxes. Everything else is taxation.”

Capital pains tax for property owners will drive investors out of market

11 June 2010

Government plans to increase capital gains tax could force a quarter of property investors out of the housing market, claims LSL Property Services, which owns the Your Move and Reeds Rains lettings agencies

Heron’s homecoming

11 June 2010

“We will start building ourselves and resurrect Heron Homes”, says Gerald Ronson

London & Stamford buys Battersea residential

8 June 2010

London & Stamford Property has bought 57 residential units at Bridges Wharf, including car parking spaces, on the south bank of the River Thames next to Battersea Heliport in London.

Former Barratt chairman launches residential development company

4 June 2010

The former regional chairman of Barratt London & Thames Gateway Adam Lawrence has launched a new residential development and has secured £100m funding.

Management shake-up at HCA

18 May 2010

A raft of management changes have been announced by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in a bid to reduce costs by around £2m a year.

Qatari vs Candy: Chelsea Barracks plans withdrawal "necessary" court hears

17 May 2010

Withdrawing the original Chelsea Barracks application was necessary after Prince Charles' intervened in the project, the High Court heard today.

London house prices record first drop this year, Rightmove says

17 May 2010

London home sellers lowered asking prices for the first time this year in May as more properties were put on the market and tighter lending conditions restrained buying, Rightmove said.

UPP preferred bidder on Kent campus revamp

14 May 2010

University Partnerships Programme has been selected as preferred bidder on a £26m student accommodation project for the University of Kent. The project will be UPP’s second for the university.

Palos pounces on £400m flats

14 May 2010

Entrepreneur Brett Palos has paid Lloyds Banking Group and Residential Land Holdings about £400m for 21 apartment blocks across central London in one of the biggest residential investment deals for years.

Battle-scarred urban warrior Bloxham turns landlord

14 May 2010

The recession has forced Tom Bloxham to find new sources of funding

Doubled CGT impact will be "less than expected"

13 May 2010

Companies will be able to mitigate the impact of the government's plan to double capital gains tax so the impact will "not be as great as first imagined", DTZ said today.

Buy-to-let lending falls 15% following stamp duty holiday ending

13 May 2010

The end of the stamp duty holiday in December 2009 meant that loans to buy-to-let investors were down 15% in the first three months of 2010, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have shown.

Housing market improves in April says RICS

11 May 2010

"Spring optimism" helped lift the housing market despite election uncertainty, according to the RICS April UK Housing Market Survey.

The Citylets Belfast Rental Report - Issue 1, Q1 2010

7 May 2010

"The Private Rented Sector (PRS) is playing an increasingly significant role in the provision of housing in Northern Ireland. The latest figures from the Housing Executive show that the number of privately rented dwellings has risen from 28,600 in 1991 to 124,600 in 2009."

Databank: stock shortage rocks Brighton

7 May 2010

The Brighton and Hove city market sits on its own within Sussex and has its own seasonal trends that are not so evident within other towns in the county. Year on year, peak months are from March through to the end of September.

Velux gets Kettering zero-carbon consent

6 May 2010

Global building materials firm Velux has won planning permission to develop its first zero-carbon homes in Rothwell, Kettering.

Midlands and north residential fund raises £3m

5 May 2010

Residential Property Recovery Fund, which will buy distressed and mispriced residential property in the Midlands and the north, has raised £3m at its first closing from individuals, corporates and pension investors.

Barratt’s Bristol green scheme

30 April 2010

Barratt Developments says it will complete “the most environmentally sustainable development ever built in Britain” three years ahead of the government’s target for all new housing to be zero carbon by 2016

Forget owning homes, says forum

30 April 2010

Britain must renounce its obsession with home ownership and come up with new ways to meet housing demand, was the message at last week’s Housing Forum national conference

Liberal Democrats’ ‘mansion tax’ analysed

30 April 2010

The polls are pointing to growing Lib Dem popularity and the party’s manifesto proposal for a 1% levy on properties worth more than £2m could come into force — but for good or bad?

Notting Hill goes to Clapham

30 April 2010

Notting Hill Housing Group has unveiled plans for an £80m mixed-use regeneration project in Clapham, south London

Consent granted for £56m Liverpool scheme

29 April 2010

Liverpool City Council has granted planning consent for a £56m mixed use scheme in the city centre.

Osmond makes bid for Crest Nicholson

26 April 2010

Hugh Osmond’s new corporate acquisition vehicle confirmed this morning that it was in takeover talks with housebuilder Crest Nicholson.

Grosvenor to partner RBS on resi scheme

23 April 2010

Grosvenor has been confirmed as Royal Bank of Scotland’s partner to resume work at 3-10 Grosvenor Crescent, the residential project in Belgravia whose original developer collapsed into administration last year.

Anthony Lyons sells Hampstead home for record £43m

23 April 2010

Anthony Lyons, the entrepreneur who with his partners sold Earls Court & Olympia earlier this year, has sold his north London home for a record breaking £43m, to a private Russian investor.

‘Easy-let’ agent offers online national service

23 April 2010

Letting agents have come under increasing attack amid industry and government calls for greater regulation of the private-rented sector

Aberdeen buys second hall in maturing student market

23 April 2010

Aberdeen Property Investors has made its second student accommodation acquisition, paying Watkin Jones Group £16.5m for Quebec House in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London

Qatari Diar unveils new Chelsea Barracks masterplan

21 April 2010

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment has unveiled its new masterplan for the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site in London.

Evans Randall enters the UK residential market

19 April 2010

Evans Randall is to enter the prime London residential property market after tying up with residential development Northacre in a 50:50 partnership.

Native Land and Grosvenor buy sites for affordable housing quota

16 April 2010

Native Land and Grosvenor have bought four south bank development sites to develop affordable housing.

Election puts kibosh on ‘taskforce’ to regulate private-rented sector

16 April 2010

Time ran out for John Healey in his attempt to eradicate malpractice in the private-rented sector and boost consumer protection

New build: It’s not a family affair

16 April 2010

The number of new family homes on the market has taken “a shocking nosedive” during the recession, says SmartNewHomes.com, which warns that the decline in output will worsen in 2010

OneSearch founder slams councils as ‘anticompetitive’

16 April 2010

Park to campaign for “level playing field” for providers of search data

St Modwen gets green light for £1bn Newport scheme

14 April 2010

St Modwen has signed a section 106 agreement with Newport City Council for its £1bn redevelopment of the former Corus Llanwern steelworks near Newport in Wales, and will now go on site with the first phase of the vast scheme.

Grainger increases sales pace

13 April 2010

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential property investor, raised 42% more money from sales in the six months to 31 March.

General Election uncertainty leads to surge in home sellers

13 April 2010

Surveyors have recorded the highest level of “vendor activity” since May 2007 – the peak of the market and the month before the introduction of home information packs – the RICS said today.

Chichester sets new standard in green, affordable houses

9 April 2010

Graylingwell Park will ease town’s carbon footprint and housing shortage

Which housebuilders fear are the shape of things to come

9 April 2010

The Home Builders Federation chose its words carefully last week when it suggested that a government-backed set of minimum housing design and sustainability standards “raises concerns”

House prices rise after February blip

8 April 2010

House prices rose by 1.1% in March, the eighth rise in the last nine months, the Halifax House Price Index said today.

New lenders giving rivals a run for their money

7 April 2010

Three new banks are set to inject some life into the moribund mortgage market this year.

Citygrove sells Currys store for 6%

1 April 2010

Citygrove, the leisure and retail developer, has sold a Currys store in High Wycombe.

Databank: West Midlands woe

01 April 2010

You might think that the residential development land market has experienced enough upset over the past two years

The plan for investors is off plan

01 April 2010

Investors are turning to the new-build sector and buying properties off plan as a result of the “chronic” lack of supply in the wider housing market, claims Assetz

Renewed call for legislation to protect against letting agents

30 March 2010

Rising numbers of complaints by consumers against letting agents has prompted a renewed call for legislation to protect landlords and tenants.

Infinity buys urban living arm of Ask

30 March 2010

North-west property fund manager Infinity has teamed up with Spanish developer Levitt to buy residential company Abito from Ask Developments.

HCA and NWDA pledge £84m for Pennines

26 March 2010

The Housing and Communities Agency (HCA) and the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have pledged £84m to support housing and regeneration across Pennine Lancashire.

Auctions: will the ‘living room’ replace the ‘ballroom’?

26 March 2010

Zoopla claims the death of the traditional auction after its first online event

Databank: St Albans is alive with commuters

26 March 2010

The rental market in the commuting zone north-west of London has performed well so far in 2010 — St Albans in particular

Healey’s housing handouts

26 March 2010

Housing minister John Healey has confirmed the final distribution from the government’s £135m Housing and Planning Delivery Grant, which he claims will support councils in planning and building more homes

RICS reports slackening in rental supply

26 March 2010

The supply of new properties coming on to the rental market has fallen for the second consecutive quarter, possibly bringing an end to the downward trend in rents since autumn 2008, says the RICS

Savills makes £23bn 'case' for new housing

23 March 2010

An extra 100,000 new homes built each year would put £23bn into government coffers over the life of the next parliament, according to research by Savills.

“Value guarantee” at Cardiff flats

19 March 2010

Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres are attempting to woo buyers with a “value guaranteed” offer on Hayes Apartments, the housing element of their St David’s development in Cardiff (pictured)

CABE review: A failure to connect

19 March 2010

Churchward Park, Swindon

Galliard/Albany buys in NW3

19 March 2010

Technology company Smiths Group has sold a 57,279 sq ft office building and adjoining house at 765 Finchley Road in north London for £10.8m to a partnership between Galliard Homes and Albany Homes

Linden calling

19 March 2010

Galliford Try Homes’ Linden Homes subsidiary has begun work on London sites, among them George Row in Bermondsey (pictured), which will provide 400 homes by 2012.

Mayor gives go ahead to £4.5bn Brent Cross regeneration

12 March 2010

London mayor Boris Johnson, has approved plans for a major regeneration project, which will create a new town centre at Brent Cross in Cricklewood, north London.

Databank: RICS housing market survey

12 March 2010

Distortions as a result of the termination of the stamp duty holiday on properties worth £125,000-£175,000 at the end of 2009 and the bad weather in 2009 still have some influence on the results of the RICS Housing Market Survey

Industry unites to kick out cowboys

12 March 2010

The RICS, British Property Federation and agents associations join forces

Politicians warned "wake up to housing crisis"

9 March 2010

Politicians were warned today that they need to “wake up to the mounting housing crisis” as the shortfall in supply approaches one million homes.

CIT buys London residential site for £51m

8 March 2010

CIT Group has bought a residential site in London overlooking Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill in St John’s Wood for £51m.

Barrie on the Barracks

5 March 2010

Come on Qataris and Candys – settle your differences today.

Databank: London’s land battle

05 March 2010

London land values have recovered as developers fight for scarce sites

Gladedale adds new directors

05 March 2010

Housebuilder Gladedale has followed last year’s group restructuring with the appointment of senior directors to head its regional subsidiaries

Housing associations win £500m

05 March 2010

Housing minister John Healey has approved £500m of funding for housing associations to build 8,000 affordable housing units across every region in England and Wales

Snow and stamp duty send house prices down 1.5%

4 March 2010

Lender says the snow and end to stamp duty relief caused prices to drop last month after months of rises

Boris Johnson unveils new housing strategy

27 February 2010

London mayor Boris Johnson pledged today to bring 3,000 empty homes back into use in a new London Housing Strategy published today.

Land is new cash crop as investors plough in

26 February 2010

Farmland prices rose in the second half of 2009 as land once again became an attractive investment, and landowners’ reluctance to sell pushed supply to “exceptionally low” levels, says the latest RICS rural market survey

Redrow goes from Stalingrad to 19th-century England

26 February 2010

Housebuilder’s chief condemns Debut homes as it attempts to woo back customers with a more traditional-looking style

Rightmove’s worrying trend

26 February 2010

Property website Rightmove has revealed “a concerning trend” in its latest consumer confidence survey: 61% of current renters want to buy a property now but cannot afford to do so

Is your estate agent taking 'bribes' from your lawyer?

24 February 2010

Solicitors have broken ranks to demand an end to members of their own profession paying 'bribes' to estate agents in exchange for being awarded conveyancing work.

Healey responds to government residential criticism

19 February 2010

Housing minister John Healey has responded to criticism of the government’s track record on residential supply with a scathing attack on Conservative proposals to ease the UK housing shortage.

January cold slows housebuilding recovery

19 February 2010

One of the coldest Januarys on record has slowed the recent recovery in house building volumes seen in the latter part of 2009, the National House-Building Council (NHBC) said today.

Councils find homes funding doors hard to open

19 February 2010

Local authorities want to create more joint ventures with the private sector to fund new homes

Energy company’s eco-homes

19 February 2010

Scottish & Southern Energy claims be the first utility company to build and monitor its own zero-carbon homes

Hamptons applies itself

19 February 2010

Hamptons International claims to have become the first UK residential agent to launch an application for the iPhone.

Tenants ‘need help and protection’

19 February 2010

Survey finds that tenants are deprived of information about potential rogue landlords

OFT calls for home-selling shake-up

18 February 2010

Residential estate agents came under renewed pressure today to improve customer service as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) called for a shake-up in how homes are sold, including updating legislation to allow new entrants to the market.

Telford Homes proposes £7.2m capital raising

18 February 2010

East London housebuilder Telford Homes is proposing a £7.2m capital raising in order to progress its development pipeline.

Application made for £137m regeneration of Ealing’s Green Man Lane

15 February 2010

Rydon and A2Dominion have submitted a planning application for the £137m regeneration of the Green Man Lane estate in West Ealing, London.

New East Manchester redraws West Gorton plans

12 February 2010

Urban regeneration company, New East Manchester has drawn up a revised plan for the future development of West Gorton.

Databank: Good first-half display

12 February 2010

A look at expectations provides evidence of a price recovery

HM Treasury: Investment in the UK private rented sector

12 February 2010

"The Government’s objective for housing policy in England is simple and fundamental – to ensure a decent home for all. We face significant long-term demographic pressures from a growing and more mobile population that will make meeting this objective more challenging. These housing pressures can impact on a broad range of economic andsocial policy objectives: delivering macroeconomic stability; helping households manage assets, savings and risk; meeting people’s housing aspirations; ...

Hamptons International launches iPhone app

11 February 2010

Hamptons International has become the first UK residential agency to launch an application for the iPhone.

Chesterton Humberts’ Poll of Polls: The truth about residential property price trends

12 February 2010

"All of the eight major house prices indices showed monthly increases in house prices for the most recent month of data. However, only one of the house price indices showed growth in excess of 1.0% demonstrating the lacklustre strength of a seemingly stable house price recovery so far."

City & Provincial Properties submits 1m sq ft Deptford masterplan

9 February 2010

City & Provincial Properties has submitted its plans for the 1m sq ft regeneration of the Wharves scheme in Deptford to the London Borough of Lewisham.

Government allocates £60m for “eco show homes”

8 February 2010

The government has stumped up £60m of cash to finance the building of 600 “eco-show-homes”.

Banks tread carefully

5 February 2010

Banks will remain cautious about funding property transactions even when the economy recovers, reports Bank of England monetary policy committee member Andrew Sentance

BPF fights plight of first-time buyers

5 February 2010

A key issue for the next government after the imminent general election will be to help first-time buyers to access mortgages, warned government adviser Nigel Hugill at the British Property Federation’s residential conference in London

Gerald Eve Evebrief: Legal and Parliamentary

5 February 2010

"We report at items 6 and 7 of this edition the outcome of a study undertaken for the Government by Kingston University on development of back gardens, and the subsequent advice given to local planning authorities."

Overseas investors pile into capital resi fund

5 February 2010

South Africans take advantage of growth potential of prime London residential through London Central Portfolio vehicle

Roxylight rocks up at Camden Town Hall

4 February 2010

A joint venture led by Roxylight is the frontrunner to develop a site opposite London’s King’s Cross St Pancras station.

House prices set to rise by 6pc in 2010

1 February 2010

British house prices are set to rise 6pc this year, the Centre for Economics and Business Research has said, revising its forecast of two to four percent growth made only a month ago.

Databank: Cheltenham rentals

29 January 2010

The gap between demand and availability continues to grow

Tiger Tiger operator pulls off rent feat feat

29 January 2010

Renegotiating with landlords has allowed Novus Leisure to sidestep a “prepack” and expand in the West End

Asian investment triples prime London resi fund

28 January 2010

Open-ended residential property fund, The Prime London Capital Fund, has tripled its funds under management after significant investment from an Asian property company.

Green light for 1,500 homes Newbury Racecourse redevelopment

28 January 2010

West Berkshire Council yesterday granted planning permission for the major redevelopment of Newbury Racecourse, the home of the Hennessy Gold Cup.

Church of England writes off £40m

26 January 2010

The Church of England has been forced to write off a £40m investment in a New York apartment complex that it made in summer 2007 just before the credit crunch.

£800m Waverley scheme gets go-ahead

26 January 2010

UK Coal has been given the green light for a massive regeneration scheme in Waverley, South Yorkshire that will include a new government campus.

House price rise hopes boosted as recession ends

25 January 2010

Britons appear more hopeful about house prices this year than they were at the start of 2009 Photo: PA Most Britons believe that house prices will rise this year as the country awaits official confirmation that the worst peacetime recession is finally over.

Databank: Developers detach themselves from flats

22 January 2010

Over the last decade, the average value of a UK home increased by as much as 120%

Hewson attracted to green, green class of homes

22 January 2010

Former Grantchester director tells Doug Morrison why he is backing luxury developer Morpheus Nick Hewson, the serial entrepreneur and former Grantchester director, has turned his attention to luxury residential development by joining forces with Morpheus, the Knightsbridge-based company

Innocent’s new HQ showcases fruits of its labours

22 January 2010

Ladbroke Grove office takes smoothie maker’s growth forward

MoD prepares for final London push

22 January 2010

Defence Estates’ rationalisation plans near end as planning applications for Uxbridge and Mill Hill East sites are submitted

Tailor enters City market

22 January 2010

Gieves & Hawkes, the Savile Row tailor, has achieved two firsts this month

Mortgage lending rose 14% in December

21 January 2010

Mortgage lending across the UK rose 14% in December, bucking a historic trend of seasonal decline, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said today.

UK house prices outpace inflation

20 January 2010

House prices have beaten inflation over the past 50 years although the cycle has varied widely over that time, according to a new study from Halifax, one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders.

Homes at Heyford Park get go ahead

19 January 2010

Former RAF airbase Heyford Park in Oxfordshire has got planning consent for a residential redevelopment.

Databank: House price recovery may be on the way

15 January 2010

Buyer enquiries and credit are on the rise

London development starts to fly in face of downturn

15 January 2010

New starts set to continue in 2010, despite lack of finance

Arsenal FC submits Emirates student halls tower plans

14 January 2010

Arsenal Football Club has submitted plans for a 25-storey student hall of residence next to the Emirates stadium.

The Mansion Student Accommodation Fund launches

14 January 2010

The Mansion Student Accommodation Fund has launched and is searching for new assets following its listing on the Channel Island Stock Exchange last month.

Figures show blots on the landscape for house prices

13 January 2010

House prices fell in the North and the West Midlands in December as market activity dampened, exposing those regions where the recovery has been weakest.

Government doubles council housing cash

11 January 2010

The government has almost doubled its investment in building new council housing in what it has labelled the largest spending in the sector “for at least two decades”, in a sign of Labour setting out its priorities compared to the Conservatives ahead of the election.

Braemar Estates gets MD and Brum mandate

8 January 2010

Braemar Estates, the property asset management arm of Braemar Group, has appointed a new managing director and won the mandate to manage a Birmingham development.

A short recipe for maximising returns from your residential portfolio

8 January 2010

What residential property people commonly know as prime central London residential has had a surprisingly good year, all things considered

HCA’s private rental hopes for 2010

8 January 2010

Is this the year that private rental emerges as an investment class in its own right in the eyes of institutional investors? The Homes and Communities Agency, for one, is banking on it

House prices in sixth consecutive rise

7 January 2010

House prices increased by 1% in between November and December according to the Halifax House Price Index, the sixth consecutive monthly rise.

Invista's UK commercial property overview - December 2009

18 December 2009

"The direction of capital value movement has changed and point of inflection has occurred. Capital values are likely to stabilise over the next 6 months and thereafter remain broadly stable, although within the market there will remain a number of peaks and troughs as alternative sectors and regions of the UK perform quite differently moving forwards."

Strickland joins Peabody Trust

5 January 2010

Chris Strickland, chief executive of central London office developer CORE, has been appointed non-executive chairman of the Peabody Trust, one of the capital’s largest housing associations.

Grosvenor sells £25m of apartments at One Park West

4 January 2010

Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster’s property company, has sold more than £25m of the apartments at its One Park West residential scheme in Liverpool.

Broad consensus that house prices are too high

4 January 2010

Britain's leading economists are almost unanimous in their view that house prices are still too high.

Thousands to be saved from losing homes by closure of legal loophole

29 December 2009

Mortgage lenders will be barred from seizing a borrower’s property without a court order after the closure of a legal loophole, to be announced tomorrow.

Barrio North owners to open in Soho

18 December 2009

The owners of Barrio North in Islington have taken the former The Cattle Grid on Poland Street in London's Soho.

Urban Splash makes wave over decade

18 December 2009

The residential developer pioneered city living and now aims to perk up suburbs

Four parties leading the private rented sector fund drive

16 December 2009

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) said today that it anticipates significant fundraising activity to be undertaken in the first quarter of 2010 by lead consortia in its private rental sector initiative.

Manor buys Leeds site to build 600 student apartments

15 December 2009

Yorkshire based Manor Property Group has bought a city centre site on North Street close to Leeds University campus to develop 600 student apartments.

Peel submits Wirral Waters planning application

14 December 2009

Peel has today submitted the largest planning application in the UK for its East Float site which forms part of its £4.5bn.Wirral Waters development.

UK mortgage holders 'now £200 a month better off’

14 December 2009

Falling interest rates and lower mortgage payments mean a quarter of UK homeowners are at least £200 a month better off than this time last year, according to the Bank of England.

McCabe returns to mainstream resi

11 December 2009

Kevin McCabe’s Scarborough Group has returned to the mainstream residential sector with the acquisition of Milliners Wharf, a newly built apartment block in New Islington, Manchester.

CABE review: entrancing in Wolves

11 December 2009

A development on the edge of Wolverhampton city centre, completed in 2008, is an exemplary affordable housing scheme that won a Building for Life award last week

Planning for students: vulnerable young people or transient trashers?

11 December 2009

“One man’s vibrant student community is another man’s ghetto,” is how one conference delegate summed up the student accommodation planning conundrum.

Loans for homes reaches highest point

10 December 2009

Loans for house purchases reached 55,000 in October, its highest point since 2007, according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Sandbanks beachfront sites up for sale

9 December 2009

Savills is marketing the sale of a prime area of beachfront development land in the sought-after Sandbanks area in for £7.5m.

Masterplanning team selected for Qatari Diar’s Chelsea Barracks Development

8 December 2009

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company has selected a design team to prepare a new masterplan for the development of its Chelsea Barracks site.

Barclays Wealth Insights: Prospects for Property - On Solid Foundations?

04 December 2009

"Following a prolonged downturn in property markets around the world, high net worth investors are once again eyeing opportunities in the sector. Three out of four wealthy investors say that residential property is looking attractive, but 60 percent of them say that tight credit conditions are preventing them from taking the plunge."

Databank: Counter-cyclical ground rents

04 December 2009

Ground rent portfolios have long been the domain of specialist investors

Guernsey operation offers timeshare with buy-to-let twist

04 December 2009

Safe Haven investment vehicle combines sun-belt villas with northern flats

Residential rents to rise says RICS

2 December 2009

Surveyors expect to see residential rent rises in the New Year as the number of rental properties coming onto the market fell for the first time since January 2008, according to the latest RICS Lettings Survey published today.

Posen calls for 'bubble tax' on homes

2 December 2009

Homeowners must be charged penalty taxes on their properties if the UK is to avoid a future housing crash, according to one of the Bank of England's policymakers.

UK house prices to fall in 2010 says Jones Lang LaSalle

1 December 2009

London and the South East have led a strong recovery for UK house prices during the past six to eight months and average house price growth for 2009 could reach 5% by the year end.

Central London recovery residential fund launched

27 November 2009

A closed-ended fund targeting exclusive London residential investments has been launched this week and aims to target the “bullseye” of the capital exploiting opportunities in Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Chelsea and Kensington.

Databank: Leeds rental levels

27 November 2009

Leeds was a prime example of the fallout from the financial crisis. Its rental market was flooded with property as the sales and investment markets ground to a virtual halt. By late 2008, the number of rental properties available had increased by two and half times

Investors return to Brum to cash in

27 November 2009

Crosby sells block to Claremont Group

Eatonfield Group revs up for huge Cumbria regeneration scheme

25 November 2009

Cheshire-based developer Eatonfield Group has bought a 50% interest in an option to acquire a 265-acre site in Cumbria.

UPP completes £115m University of Nottingham student housing deal

23 November 2009

University Partnerships Programme (UPP) has completed a £115m student housing deal with the University of Nottingham.

Housing development rising says National House Building Council

20 November 2009

Housing development is on the up, according to official data, but output still lags well behind the supply levels of the boom years.

Databank: West Midlands land market

20 November 2009

Sentiment in the West Midlands has improved, interest from the land buyers has returned but the result in terms of activity is negligible.

Lagging regions to be hit by stamp duty return says RICS

17 November 2009

A return to the previous bands for stamp duty for houses priced between £125,000 and £175,000 at the end of the year could have a detrimental effect on the regional housing recovery, says the RICS.

Schroders: Outlook for residential property

13 November 2009

"After twelve years of rising house prices, the UK house price bubble finally burst in November 2007. Values have since fallen at the fastest recorded decline and by February 2009 they were 21% below their peak, matching the nominal fall in house prices from the recession of the 1990s. Since then house prices have staged a mini-recovery, recording positive growth in seven of the eight months since their February low (source: Nationwide). But is this rally a sustainable recovery ...

York Civic Trust finds redevelopment plans for former Terry’s Chocolate Factory tasty

11 November 2009

York Civic Trust has given its support to Grantside's proposed £150m redevelopment of the former Terry's Chocolate factory site in York.

A quarter of UK private landlords are struggling to break even

10 November 2009

A quarter of the UK’s private landlords are just breaking even or making a loss according to a quarterly survey of 500 landlords.

House prices continue to rise but supply increases says RICS

10 November 2009

House prices continue to rise despite an increase in the number of new instructions received by agents according to the RICS UK housing market survey published today.

Passing clouds could make buyers pause for breath

6 November 2009

House prices could temporarily dip next year, as the supply of homes for sale increases and cash-rich buyers, who have dominated the market and driven this year’s recovery, pause for breath.

First-timers feel the urge to buy now

06 November 2009

Two-thirds of first-time buyers believe that now is a good time to venture on to the bottom rung of the property ladder, a survey by Rightmove has found

Price-slashed City Lofts six return

06 November 2009

A portfolio of six former City Lofts apartment blocks has gone on the market for the second time in a year — but at a knockdown price of £23m

Two day meeting to decide £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood plans

5 November 2009

The Brent Cross Cricklewood planning application will be determined at a two-day meeting later this month, Barnet Council said today.

Grainger reveals £238m rights issue

5 November 2009

Grainger, the residential property group, is raising £238m from a deeply-discounted rights issue.

Northern Rock accelerates mortgage lending

4 November 2009

Northern Rock, state-owned bank, accelerated mortgage lending to customers in the past three months, which is expected to contribute to an improved performance in the second half.

House prices rise for fourth consecutive month

3 November 2009

House prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in October, and are now 7.1% higher than the market trough in April, the Halifax house price index has said.

Inland submits plans to develop 755 homes at West Drayton

3 November 2009

Inland has today submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of the site of the National Air Traffic Control centre in West Drayton.

New Covent Garden Market plans revealed

2 November 2009

The owner of the New Covent Garden food and flower market in south London has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of its 57 acre market

Cheers as FSA enters mortgage arena

30 October 2009

Financial Services Authority proposes to bring mortgage lending and buy to let under its jurisdiction

Euro investors unearth UK repo bargains

30 October 2009

Investors from across the world are searching for bargains among the UK’s chain-free and repossessed properties, a website has found

Housing adviser warns of Tory ‘planning black hole’

30 October 2009

Conservative policy must be fleshed out to avoid being nimby charter

HCA approves £450m for stalled housing schemes

29 October 2009

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has approved £450m of funding for 153 stalled residential schemes.

House price mini-boom slows as Christmas looms

29 October 2009

The unexpected “mini-boom” in house prices continued in September, according to the latest official figures, but analysts have said that a slowdown in the pace of the recent rebound has begun.

Carlyle and Abstract Nikal submit Salford plans

27 October 2009

Carlyle Group and joint venture partner Abstract Nikal have submitted a planning application for a site in Salford which includes the £25m regeneration of Soapworks, the former Colgate factory.

Spurs score wtih stadium plans

27 October 2009

Tottenham Hotspur has today submitted to Haringey Council the planning application for the redevelopment of its White Hart Lane ground.

Candy & Candy start legal proceedings over Chelsea Barracks

26 October 2009

Candy & Candy has started legal proceedings against the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment vehicle which owns the Chelsea Barracks site over alleged £1m unpaid marketing fees.

Cyprus finds its place in the sun

23 October 2009

Research places Mediterranean island as the top overseas market for residential investment

Hayter’s licence to kill off rogue agents

23 October 2009

Chair of the new Property Standards Board calls for licensing system to regulate estate agency

Kent sequel is better than the original

23 October 2009

Waterstone Park, Dartford The two phases of the Waterstone Park housing scheme in Kent vary greatly, and the design quality of the second phase far outstrips that of the first

Pinewood plans rejected

22 October 2009

Pinewood Sheperton’s plans for the first ‘live-work’ film community in the world have been rejected by South Bucks District Council.

Cala Group facing High Court claim for breach of contract

16 October 2009

Cala Group, the Edinburgh-based housebuilder, faces a High Court action over an alleged breach of contract in its purchase of a development site in Wokingham, Surrey, from Carlton Properties

Housebuilding on the up in the City

16 October 2009

Rallying sector aided by rising share prices and fresh demand for sites

Weston affronted by valuations

16 October 2009

Colchester’s recovery may be being hampered by under-pressure surveyors’ low valuations, claims housebuilder

Fitch warns on UK housing

15 October 2009

The UK housebuilding sector could be heading for a new crisis with £7bn of debt due to mature in 2011 and 2012, a new report has warned.

Auctioned homes prices soar

15 October 2009

Homes sold at auction are achieving record sums above the guide amounts set by valuers as lower property prices have brought about a bidding war among bargain-hunters.

Bellway praised for debt reduction

14 October 2009

Bellway fell to its first full-year loss as a quoted company after it wrote down the value of its land bank by £66m. The housebuilder fell from a pre-tax profit of £34.8m to a loss of £36.6m for the year to July 31.

Gumtree.com launches residential rent checker

13 October 2009

Gumtree.com has launched an application which allows Londoners to compare their rent with the average for their area.

First-time buyers buoy mortgages

13 October 2009

The cautious return of homebuyers continued to prop up mortgage lending in August, despite a fall in the number of borrowers remortgaging.

Northacre deal for west London site called off

12 October 2009

Northacre's major plans for the redevelopment of the five-acre West London Telephone Exchange in Kensington & Chelsea have been called off.

Drivers Jonas instructed to sell major Essex site

9 October 2009

The North East London NHS Foundation Trust has instructed Drivers Jonas to sell the Mascalls Park Hospital site in Brentwood, Essex.

Databank: Windsor rental property

9 October 2009

Corporate service is resumed

Mount Anvil hammers out £350m development programme

9 October 2009

Residential developer-contractor buys City of London site and begins fundraising ahead of £350m plans

Your Move owner says 1980s scheme will solve private-rented dilemma

9 October 2009

LSL Property Services has joined the industry clamour for government to improve the private-rented sector but, unlike fellow campaigners, it believes the best way is through a return to the 1980s-style business expansion scheme (BES)

Mortgage insurance holders to get refunds

8 October 2009

Lenders and insurers are to refund up to £60m to more than 1m mortgage payment protection insurance customers hit by unfair premium rises or cuts to their policy benefits.

House prices rise but caution remains

7 October 2009

House prices continued to rise last month, fuelled by cheap borrowing rates and a shortage of homes coming on to the market.

Grainger chief executive Rupert Dickinson to step down

6 October 2009

Rupert Dickinson will stand down from his role as Grainger's chief executive from 20 October and has resigned from the company’s board for reasons of ill health.

UPP agrees £133m University of Exeter student accommodation deal

2 October 2009

University Partnerships Programme (UPP) has signed a £133m deal with the University of Exeter to develop and operate more on-campus residential student accommodation.

Home buyers find credit tougher

2 October 2009

British households have found it tougher to obtain credit over the past three months, but banks expect to loosen up on lending towards the end of the year, the Bank of England has said.

Buyers hamstrung by high deposits

02 October 2009

Residential prices have bounced in recent months but on the back of very low volumes and very low — although rising — levels of mortgage borrowing. Demand is being stoked by investments by those with cash

Recovery is ‘two years’ off

02 October 2009

“It’s going to be two years before we see any real signs of recovery

Resi investors: keep tenants happy

02 October 2009

Institutional investors must learn that management is key for residential investment

Grainger agrees new debt

1 October 2009

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has agreed two new loan facilities totalling £615m.

Sale and rent-bank rules to be tightened

30 September 2009

Extra rules to regulate 'sale and rent back' property deals will be brought in by the Financial Services Authority next year. The regulator said that it would ban 'exploitative advertising and high-pressure sales techniques'.

Healey warns of Tories’ “secret” housing plans

29 September 2009

The Government has accused David Cameron’s Conservative Party of plotting ‘secret plans’ to triple social housing rents.

LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: Labour to use housing as key battleground in election

28 September 2009

John Healey, minister for housing, has labelled housing a key battleground on which Labour intends to fight the next election.

London and SE house prices up

28 September 2009

House prices rose in September, but the improvement is concentrated in London and the south-east and is being driven by a shortage of homes on the market, according to a report out today.

Short supply drives up top house prices

25 September 2009

Prices for homes worth more than £1m have continued to rise at a surprising rate this summer as cash-rich buyers chase limited supply, according to data from two leading estate agents.

Councils face tough times on housing, warns new body chief

25 September 2009

Local authorities will be under increasing pressure to find resources to build new homes

In our Liverpool homes

25 September 2009

Anfield-Breckfield, Liverpool - The Tancred Road and Skerries Street refurbishment, which was completed a year ago last month, is a fine example of regeneration

Riviera reverts to UK average

25 September 2009

The end of the summer season seems an appropriate time to reflect on one of the more resilient residential development markets in the UK: coastal development in south-west England, particularly Cornwall and Devon

Office of Fair Trading bans Southampton estate agent

23 September 2009

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has banned a Southampton-based estate agent because it did not belong to a redress scheme.

Velocity Estates full speed ahead for Sheffield student tower

22 September 2009

Velocity Estates has won planning permission for an 18-storey student accommodation tower at its Velocity Tower site in Sheffield.

'Dustbin of Leeds' to become green beacon

21 September 2009

An eight-storey block of flats in Beeston, West Yorkshire, which had become a virtual no-go area because of the drunks and muggers, known by locals as the 'dustbin of Leeds', is about to get a new lease of life under plans to make it into one of the country’s biggest green housing projects.

Economic conditions will peg resi market prices until 2012

18 September 2009

CB Richard Ellis tells Resi 09 that further falls are likely in 2010

Regenco calls it a day

18 September 2009

Regenco, the urban regeneration company for Sandwell in the West Midlands, has confirmed it is to wind up by March next year, following the withdrawal of funding from central and local government agencies

Telford strikes Lesney match

18 September 2009

Telford Homes has won planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Lesney Matchbox toy factory site near the Olympic Park in Hackney, east London

RESI 09 TV: Resi faces threat of second market correction, says First Base founder Lipton

17 September 2009

A second market correction could still impact on the residential market, First Base founder Elliot Lipton said at Property Week's RESI 09 conference today.

RESI 09 TV: 'Lets get the "spoof" out of buy-to-let,' says Dorrington's Moross

17 September 2009

We need to ‘get the spoof out of buy-to-let’, Dorrington’s managing director Trevor Moross said today.

RESI 09 TV: Labour and Tories are wrong to propose cuts, economist says.

17 September 2009

Both Labour and the Conservatives are on ‘completely the wrong track’ by proposing cuts in public spending, Dr Ian Shephardson said at the RESI 09 conference in Wales today.

Bid to block South Bank resi tower falls Doon

17 September 2009

English Heritage and Westminster Council have failed to block Coin Street Community Builders’ 326-apartment tower scheme at Doon Street.

RESI 09: Don't cut public spending warns leading economist

17 September 2009

The UK housing market will improve in the short term as UK savings rates increase and house prices stabilise, according to a leading economist.

Unite to raise £78m for London development programme

17 September 2009

Unite, the student accomodation provider, has raised £77.8m of new equity to fund its future development programme.

Dragons' Den's Caan sets up £1bn home-buying fund

17 September 2009

Dragon’s Den star, James Caan, famous for using his own money to back fledgling businesses, now wants to help ordinary people climb the property ladder with a £1bn fund to kick-start the housing market.

House prices rose in July

16 September 2009

Official figures showed that house prices rose by 1.4% during July. The annual rate at which prices are falling eased to 8.3%, the lowest level since November last year and down from 10.7% in June. The RICS added that 11% more surveyors reported price rises in August than those who saw price falls — the first time the balance has been positive since May 2007.

RICS sees brighter mood