The Latest Breaking News on Real Estate

Minister urged to un-freeze housing benefit amid rising homelessness

A City Hall politician has urged minister Mel Stride to increase local housing allowance

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023

Beware sharper economic slowdown and tougher inflation, warns adviser to central banks

Bank of International Settlements said markets risk ignoring aftershocks from inflation such as insolvencies and property price falls

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023

Raising real estate transfer tax would doom renters, businesses and many homeowners

Beneath the enticing surface of Bring Chicago Home, this proposal imposes hidden burdens, a coalition of business leaders writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023

London house prices: dip in asking prices as homes take 63 days to sell

House prices in London fell once again but there are signs of an autumn lift on the horizon

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2023

Number of pubs shutting for good across England and Wales jumps 50%

More than two pubs a day have left local communities over the first half of the year.

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Michael Gove to appoint commissioners to run Birmingham city council

Housing secretary’s move will provide financial and management oversight at local authority, which is in effect bankrupt

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

Labor’s first NSW budget in a decade will provide ‘practical assistance’, treasurer says

A $7bn shortfall has been forecast this financial year, but Daniel Mookhey says any cuts to be made will be in areas that ‘don’t affect people’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2023

Protesters demand that Japan save 1000s of trees by revising a design plan for a popular Tokyo park

Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Senate Republicans say House managers failed to meet high burden of proof

Democrats, however, said their GOP colleagues “caved” to outside pressure in voting to acquit and return Ken Paxton to his job as attorney general.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 16, 2023

Paxton, Acquitted

The Senate acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton on every charge. While the impeachment trial has ended, there’s plenty more to come.

Texas Observer · Sep 16, 2023