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Two thirds of UK building companies turn down work due to skills shortage
There's a "desperate need" for apprentices in the construction sector, says the Federation of Master Builders as it has a go at drilling down into the skills shortage.
New builds and the East drive house price growth
The pace of house price growth has eased up a touch, according to the latest from the Office for National Statistics.
UK house prices increased by 5.
Rising interest rates and a slowing global economy top property market risk list
Rising interest rates are the biggest threat to property price performance in the UK, says Knight Frank, as it charts the biggest risk factors to the market.
What would the UK property market be like with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister?
Trevor Abrahmsohn doesn't think the UK's residential market would fare particularly well under a Corbyn-led government...
Dubai developer launches ‘beachfront’ mansions around 7km pool exclusively to the UK
Dubai-based developer Meydan Sobha is launching a batch of mansions - a large chunk of its £7bn landmark resi scheme in the Emirate - exclusively to the UK market.
One57 apartment asks $150k a month
An apartment in New York's super-prime One57 development has hit the market for a colossal $150,000 per month.
Luxury asset lender enters the prime resi arena
An online platform that lets people borrow cash by putting their luxury assets up as collateral is apparently poised to make a "big splash" in the prime and super-prime resi sector.
Opportunities & Pitfalls: How macro machinations are affecting EMEA’s luxury property market
The ultra-wealthy's appetite for luxury properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is growing, says Sotheby's International Real Estate and Wealth-X, after the pair's UHNW Residential Real Estate…
EMEA’s Future-Prime Hotspots: Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town
With the per square foot price of property in London standing at between three and nine times as much as that of Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town, these three cities all present strong and improving value…
60% of London surveyors believe local property is ‘overpriced to some extent’
Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.
Savills partners with Miami firm
Savills has joined forces with a major player on the Florida real estate scene.
London gears up for £100m short let boom as super-rich descend for the summer
An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.