Property District UK

St James’s Place to sell £2bn of commercial property: Britain’s biggest wealth manager turns its back on commercial assets after ‘a challenging period for the sector’

Lord Sugar’s commercial property business returns to profit Value of Amshold Limited’s buildings continues to slip but not as seriously as before amid market downturn

Australia: New home construction slumps to near 40-year low as renovation spending booms ‘This indicates that there is not enough money and resources being attracted to expanding the housing stock,’ urban economist says

Too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell disaster, housing minister warns Wajid Khan tells House of Lords remediation work is yet to start on half of properties with unsafe cladding

UK network of 32 new Homebuilding Skills Hubs will be set-up by 2028 to offer 5,000 more fast-track construction apprenticeship places per year

Barcelona mayor defends ban on tourist flats saying ‘drastic’ action needed to cut housing costs: Jaume Collboni determined to follow through with plan that he says will return 10,000 properties to city’s residents https://lnkd.in/e9bHecdb

Downsize usually buy their retirement property. Few consider renting to be an option because they worry it will run down their estate and leave them with nothing to pass on to the next generation. But renting in retirement can be the perfect solution for some downsizers. It gives the flexibility to relocate easily, avoids the expense of buying and selling, bypasses the stress of property maintenance and can release money for other uses

Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has selected 10 UK buildings turning 30 to launch Coming of Age, a campaign drawing attention to the architecture it believes should be granted listed status https://lnkd.in/ehfkekBY

‘In China, builders don’t look at drawings’: the architect challenging his country’s rampant urban obsession: China is moving mountains and flattening neighbourhoods. But Dong Gong is sparking a revolution – by working slowly with what’s already there. As a book of his great projects appears, he shares his philosophy

Co-living firms ‘to revolutionise the housing market’: Group of prominent co-living companies in drive to promote benefits to key stakeholders in property sector including local authorities.