All articles by Doug Morrison – Page 4
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Crest Nicholson announces robust figures
Crest Nicholson has announced robust trading figures as its debt restructuring talks with US hedge fund Varde get closer to a conclusion.
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April surge causes London and South East resi price rise
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
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Spring brings out the residential sellers, RICS says
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.
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Property and homeless groups unite against welfare bill
Eclectic “coalition” warns of effects of housing benefit reforms
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‘We never stood a chance,’ says rival Newham casino bidder
Plans by Newham council for a Las Vegas-style casino in Westfield Stratford City next to the Olympic Park in east London have been cast in doubt following two formal applications for a judicial review of the authority’s choice of location
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Newham hit with second legal challenge to Westfield Stratford City casino plans
Newham council has been dealt another blow over its plans for a casino in Westfield Stratford City next to the Olympic Park in east London following a second application for a judicial review of the authority’s choice of location.
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Welsh politicians “desperately need to wake up to the mounting housing crisis” says HBF
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.
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‘Generation of 2006’ square up to Cube
Boom-time buyers struggle to complete purchases as new, cheaper flats released to occupiers
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Residential rents rise for the second consecutive month
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
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Grainger’s GenInvest coup excites stock market
One of the biggest residential investment deals in years has been overlooked in all the post-Budget rhetoric about how the coalition has woken up to the importance of the private-rented sector
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More converts for offices to residential
Conversion could ease vacancy rates and feed demand for residential
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Funds put trust in affordable housing
Institutions back Assettrust’s shared ownership investment scheme
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Skylight Capital to sell main property portfolio
Fund manager Skylight Capital is to test the strength of the residential investment market with the break up and sale of its main property portfolio.
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Global house price rise masks major divergence between countries
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.
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IPD figures support residential evangelists’ sentiment
Investors champion long-term performance of sector, which returned more than 10% in 2010
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Residential experts dismiss £250m FirstBuy Direct as "negligible"
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.
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Residential rents rise for the first time this year
Residential rents rose for the first time this year in February, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL Property Services.
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North to ‘suffer disproportionately’ under coalition
Report damns government policy, claiming regional imbalance will worsen