Chinese firm to build Europe's tallest residential tower in LondonPlans for £800m Spire London include controversial ‘poor doors’ for social tenants and private lifts for penthouses. READ MORE
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Bill for Welsh property tax replacing stamp duty publishedThe second of three assembly bills paving the way for Wales to raise its own taxes for the first time in nearly 800 years has been published. READ MORE
Aberdeen raises £115m for UK private-rented sector clubAberdeen Asset Management has raised £115m (€136m) for a private-rented sector (PRS) strategy. UK pension funds are investing in the club, which will target existing schemes and new developments. READ MORE
Can build-to-rent thrive in a Brexit-induced slowdown?The Brexit vote has proved a shock to the property industry. Deals are slowing, commercial property investment is falling, high-end homes are struggling to find buyers and developers – including the large housebuilders – are putting their plans on hold. READ MORE
Stamp duty rise 'will trigger buy-to-let stampede'Prospective home buyers will clamour to complete on buy-to-lets and second properties before a planned stamp duty rise next year, a think tank has warned. READ MORE
Osborne's dreams of new affordable housing could crumble The construction industry will need to recruit at least a million more workers over the next five years if George Osborne’s hopes of new homes are to be realised. READ MORE
Privatising UK social housing won't work – just look at EuropeThe government is putting its faith in the market to solve our housing crisis. But many European countries have already done so and regret it. READ MORE
London mayor gives approval for over 12,600 new homes in GreenwichThe Mayor of London has given his seal of approval for the city's largest single regeneration development in the Greenwich Peninsula which includes over 12,600 new homes. READ MORE
AIB forges ahead with £550m portfolio saleAllied Irish Banks (AIB) is selling £550m of property loans in a deal that will test investor appetite for increasingly granular loan portfolios. READ MORE
Private landlords in Wales subject to new scheme to uphold high standards in private rented sectorThe Welsh Government's housing minister Lesley Griffiths AM has launched the Rent Smart Wales scheme READ MORE