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MarketsProperty portals should offer listings in foreign languages, says search engine founder
The UK residential property market likes to think it is pretty tech-savvy - but one woman is highlighting a major flaw in the UK estate agency world’s online presence: most marketing material is only in English.
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Residential land values dip
The average value of residential development land across England and Wales fell in the first quarter of the year - for the first time since the final quarter of 2012 - as election uncertainty hit the market.
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Election could see familiar faces depart Westminster
The election is shaping up to be the tightest in a lifetime, with most predicting a hung parliament. We assess the re-election chances of six MPs with close ties to the housing industry.
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Q&A: the Be:here and now for private rented sector trailblazer
Willmott Dixon Regen boss Andrew Telfer has big plans for the build-to-rent sector in London and beyond.
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RESI reviews the coalition's housing record
With the general election now just days away, politicians from all parties are falling over themselves to promise the earth when it comes to building new homes.
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Radical solutions are needed to solve the housing crisis
It was hardly a niche topic before, but until recently housing has been confined to the more technocratic regions of a party manifesto or political speech.
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Change is in the air for Manchester’s private-rented market
Manchester needs more homes, but development of private-rented schemes is slow.
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Election pledges: parties go head to head on housing
The general election campaign is in full flow and housing is a key battleground. Now, with the six main parties having all unveiled their manifestos, we examine how they plan to tackle the housing crisis
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Need to know: Ed Miliband’s £5bn plan to boost housing
Earlier this month, Labour leader Ed Miliband unveiled plans to funnel money from the newly proposed Help to Buy ISAs into the £5bn Future Homes Fund, with a view to building 125,000 homes in the next five years.
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Housebuilders' shares rise nearly 10% in first quarter
Housebuilders’ share prices rose nearly 10% in the first quarter of the year, belying fears the sector was set to take a dip amid talk of a slowing housing market and increasing election uncertainty.
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Call for more powers for GLA
The drive to free up surplus public land in London for housing development will not succeed unless the government hands Boris Johnson more powers, a new report has warned.
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Aberdeen witnesses student housing construction frenzy
Developers are racing to build student accommodation in Aberdeen, to counter a severe shortage.
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Housing crisis hits big cities
Growth in home ownership in eight of England’s largest cities has stalled as the rising cost of housing prices buyers out.
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Capco adds luxury residential to its Covent Garden retail-led estate
Capital Counties first bought its Covent Garden estate in 2006 for £421.5m with a plan to transform the tourist hotspot into a vibrant shopping destination for Londoners and visitors alike.
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Need to know: the impact of Osborne’s pensions freedoms
George Osborne’s pensions revolution comes into effect next week, with many expecting the new freedoms to spark a new buy-to-let frenzy, as over-55s draw down part or all of their pension pot and put it down as a deposit on a home.
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Inner London attracts PRS
The future development of purpose-built rental schemes in the capital will be focused on the inner London boroughs, particularly Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Southwark, new research predicts.
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Need to know: the business case for more London homes
With the housing crisis a major election issue, London’s businesses are calling for the capital’s brownfield sites to be catalogued and developed to help solve the housing shortage.
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Flat racing: investment in the North West private-rented sector
Such has been the flurry of stories about institutional investment in private-rented sector (PRS) development that you could be forgiven for thinking any shortage of supply in the sector is about to be firmly corrected.
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Q&A: Balfour Beatty and Places for People JV at the Olympic Park
The development partners talk about the Sweetwater and East Wick schemes and future PRS projects.
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L&G happy to blaze a trail for investment in the PRS
Legal General’s entrance into the private rented sector (PRS) is perhaps the most keenly anticipated of any of the UK institutions.
