Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Real Estate

Grainger buoyed by demand for private rented homes as market remains resilient

The landlord and developer said it was operating at a record 98.7% occupancy across its portfolio of 10,000 homes

Birmingham Post

FTSE 100 index hits record high; CMA deals blow to Microsoft’s Activision takeover – business live

Blue-chip share index climbs on hopes that inflation has peaked, while Turkey’s stock market halts trading after main index drops 7%

The Guardian - UK

Rent freeze in Scotland 'diverting millions of pounds in development to England'

A leading Scottish architect called a government intervention in the private rental sector "well-intentioned" but warned it was now "proving to be damaging".

Daily Record

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Breach of sex offender housing precinct sparks review

A woman was able to visit a secure housing precinct for Queensland sex offenders despite a security overhaul following the alleged assault of a teenage girl.

AAP

Push for NSW property tax reform triggers war of words

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has defended forecasting a $924 million gain in property taxes before the controversial policy has passed parliament.

AAP

Albanese government tackles housing crisis on 3 fronts, but there's still more to do

The Albanese government’s housing package moved a step closer to delivery with the recent release of draft legislation. The bills are expected to be tabled in parliament soon. After a decade of general federal disengagement from housing policy (first home ownership being the main exception), this is more than welcome.

The Conversation

Spare uni beds to be converted to emergency housing

University lodgings in Brisbane will be converted into emergency accommodation for people desperate for housing amid high rents and low vacancy rates.

AAP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

6 things about ex-Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz’s new book on the case against Trump

NEW YORK — “People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account” hit bookshelves Tuesday with a slew of never-before-revealed details about the battle to hold the former president accountable for a string of alleged crimes.

Tribune News Service

Queensland builders call for delay to construction code changes for accessibility, energy efficiency

Builders call on the Queensland government to delay new housing regulations to ease widespread construction delays and labour shortages.

ABC News

Planning, taxes holding back affordable housing: report

The Property Council of Australia has launched a new report calling for a greater focus on housing choice and affordability and lower costs for construction.

AAP

Under the hammer: Double block brings in huge auction result

The property is set on 1,408 square metres.

Newcastle Herald

Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer’s proposed coalmine – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Queensland housing crisis leaving essential health workers without a place to rent

Registered nurse Colleen Clark has been searching for a new rental in Theodore since April last year without success, an experience that has left her feeling "hopeless and undervalued" despite rural health workers being in high demand.

ABC News

Furious resident vows to move after parking space is moved half a mile away from home

Medway Council's permit office are duty bound to provide parking for certain residents and Matt Clubb is so angry he says he will move from his home in Chatham, Kent

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Glasgow Live

Controversial Merchant City car park flats plan gets green light

Artisan Real Estate has been granted permission to build 109 apartments on Ingram Street despite neighbours urging the council to save the open space.

The Independent UK

Spy balloon videos dominated TikTok. Why didn’t China stop them?

TikTok insists it is not a propaganda tool of the Chinese Communist Party. Viral coverage of the Chinese spy balloon showed it not only allowed but promoted content critical of the authoritarian government

Edinburgh Live

Rent freeze ends as West Lothian agree to 3.5% increase to help fund new homes

Councillors voted for a 3.5% a year rent rise, taking weekly rents in April to £83.22

Dublin Live

Historic Victorian-Era social housing building brought back to original use after €9m refurbishment

22 families from the Dublin City Council housing waiting list are set to move in the historic building

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Dublin Live

More homebuyers now eligible for State-backed home loans

The changes will come into effect from March 1 and will see an increase in the limits in all local authority areas, as well as a raise in income limits

Liverpool Echo

Concerns over bedsits plans for area 'saturated' with HMOs

The council said it doesn't know how many unlicensed HMOs could be operating in the area

Newsroom.co.nz

Battle over funding infrastructure for 60,000-person housing project

Funding massive growth is a tall order for a cash-strapped Auckland Council, but developers warn hefty contributions push up house prices.

Edinburgh Live

New Edinburgh housing scheme on site of former care home set to go ahead

Following a memorandum of understanding being signed off, work is to commence on building a mini-estate - comprising 142 flats on the site of the former care home in Muirhouse

Birmingham Post

Work starts on new £24m student scheme

GMI Construction is leading the project in Stirchley district of Birmingham

Los Angeles Times

What makes an earthquake deadly? These are the things that matter

The biggest earthquake to hit the U.S. since the 1960s was an 8.2 temblor near the Alaskan Peninsula on July 28, 2021.

Evening Standard

Landsec starts major office refurbishment project in London’s Victoria

Landsec has commenced the refurbishment of Portland House in London’s Victoria

1 … 466 467 468 469

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Government Intervention

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.