The Latest Breaking News on Real Estate

London rents 'out of control' with a record-breaking 11 per cent rise in a year

Rental increases have far outstripped wage growth according to latest figures

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024

London house prices down five per cent — but one borough has bucked the trend

House prices fell almost five per cent across the capital, but some boroughs show signs of growth

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024

As 190,000 households wait for social housing, application numbers are only increasing

Figure is up from 175,000 in June 2022, after Labor pledged to build 20,000 social housing dwellings on taking government in 2021

The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2024

Donald Trump trial judge rejects prospective juror who posted 'lock him up' online

Dozens of potential jurors ruled out of former president’s criminal trial in New York on impartiality grounds

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024

‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’: schools on frontline of UK housing crisis

Schools say increasing numbers of children are turning up sick because of dire housing conditions – if they turn up at all

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024

Do you know your gazumps from your gazunders? Londoners come bottom of the ladder in property jargon knowledge

Almost a third of Londoners can’t define what a mortgage is

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024

Youth homelessness rising as housing crisis bites

Hundreds of life-size cut-outs have been erected as a reminder of growing homelessness among Australian children and young people.

AAP · Apr 16, 2024

Raising the roof: South Kensington rooftops with 'potential for development' on sale for £200,000

The two neighbouring rooftops are located at 55-57 Gloucester Road, and are registered as a separate address

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024

Do Suits in Equity Imply a Cause of Action for Damages?

This morning's decision in DeVillier v. Texas, written by Justice Thomas for a unanimous Court, has this meticulously careful description of the relationship between law, equity, and causes of action, with a citation to my colleague A.J. Bellia's excellent work with Brad Clark (emphasis added): The cases that DeVillier cites…

Reason · Apr 16, 2024

An expert's guide to investing in the prime central London property market

The upper echelons of London real estate has many misconceptions around it, simply for being so seemingly out of reach — but what is the truth about the way this rarefied world works?

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2024