Latest Property News

• London landlord Shaftesbury boosted by tourism rise
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  Demand for property in areas such as London's Theatreland has risen following an influx in domestic and overseas tourists

• Libor banks' interest rate fall signals end of credit crunch
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  The rate at which big banks borrow money from each other in the money markets slumped to an all time low today, providing the latest evidence that financial markets are returning to pre-credit crunch conditions

• Private equity set to move in on Broadgate as Blackstone seals £150m British Land deal
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  Blackstone, the American private equity group, is set to buy half of the Broadgate Estate in the City of London from British Land

• Social housing plans to be abandoned as Government cuts tenants’ rents
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  Plans to build thousands of new social homes will have to be abandoned because of the Government’s decision to cut the amount tenants will have to pay in rent next year, The Times has learnt

• Dubai’s property market crumbles in crisis
  

  Published 17th Aug 2009

  Dubai famously used to boast the highest concentration of construction cranes in the world

• Landlords set for new fight with retailers over lower rents
  

  Published 16th Aug 2009

  Retailers plan a second big push for rent reductions after a series of financial reorganisations at struggling competitors that have forced concessions from landlords

• More building societies set to merge or issue shares
  

  Published 16th Aug 2009

  Two more of the largest building societies – Chelsea and Stroud & Swindon – could be set for mergers or financial restructuring following the surprise departures of their chief executives