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    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK insurance industry
      UK car insurance complaints accelerate

      Growing discontent over premium prices and delayed payouts

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Accounting & Consulting services
      Deloitte warns UK staff of about 800 job cuts

      Big Four professional services group contends with slowing demand

      Deloitte logo is pictured on a sign outside the company’s offices in London
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Vistry Group PLC
      UK housebuilder Vistry to return £1bn to investors and shift focus

      London-listed company to concentrate on division that partners with local government and housing associations

      A builder works on the roof of a house
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
      Direct Line agrees £520mn sale of brokered commercial insurance unit

      Insurer reports deeper pre-tax losses in first half but says deal puts solvency in a ‘very healthy position’

      Direct Line logo
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Commercial property
      Large UK private sector landlord orders checks for dangerous concrete

      Experts warn the extent of the problem with Raac in commercial property is unknown

      Scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School in Bathgate, Scotland
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Barratt Developments PLC
      Barratt warns it will be at least 2 years before recovery for new homes

      Housebuilder preserving cash by stopping buybacks and reducing land buying

      Homes being built on a Barratt site
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      FT SeriesExtreme renting
      Extreme renting: London’s bidding war escalates as rising rates hit buy-to-let

      Tenants in the UK capital face surging rents and eviction as landlords pass on pressure from higher borrowing costs

      A composite of two London townhouses on a purple gradient background
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Fed warned Goldman Sachs over risk and compliance oversight at fintech unit

      US bank stops taking on riskier clients, according to people with knowledge of the warning

      A view of the Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      UK property
      UK house sales set for slowest year since 2012, says Zoopla

      Research by property portal points to impact of higher borrowing costs on prospective homebuyers

      Two elderly people look at estate agent window
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      News in-depthUK housebuilding
      UK housebuilders feel the strain from higher interest rates

      After profit warning this week from Crest Nicholson, industry is fearful of a protracted downturn

      Property construction site in Harlow
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      FT SeriesExtreme renting
      Extreme renting: how rising rates turned the screws on tenants across Europe

      Heated market in housing hotspots is compounded by increasing mortgage costs deterring buyers

      A montage of a photo of a residential building, a line graph and a euro symbol
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Crest Nicholson PLC
      Crest Nicholson warns on profits as interest rates deter homebuyers

      Housebuilder says sales are slowing despite some lenders offering cheaper deals

      Workers building Crest Nicholson houses
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      UK house prices
      Asking prices for UK homes suffer sharpest August drop since 2018

      House prices remain almost 20% higher than pre pandemic levels four years ago, Rightmove says

      For Sale signs outside a house
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon tracks and targets US staff over failure to work 3 days in office

      Push comes as employers use more aggressive tactics to stamp out work-from-home culture

      Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      Commercial property
      Dubai property developer Damac to buy London office space for first time

      Group known for luxury hotels aims to buy at bargain prices in bet struggling market will bounce back

      Hussain Sajwani
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      UK property
      UK estate agents build up lettings as homes sales boom ends

      Rental demand bolsters profits hit by downturn in market caused by rising rates

    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      UK property
      Taylor Wimpey signals tripling of buyers for mortgages longer than 36 years

      UK housebuilder’s pre-tax profits down almost 30% at half year while affordability issues prompt customers to spread debt

      A new home under construction
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      UK house prices
      UK house prices record biggest annual drop since 2009

      Average cost of a home was £260,828 in July, 3.8% lower than last year, Nationwide data shows

    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      UK economy
      UK mortgage approvals and consumer credit jump despite higher rates

      Surprise data comes ahead of Bank of England meeting this week

      An estate agent’s sign outside a house in Cambridge
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      News in-depthDigital banking
      Can Starling Bank make tech its business?

      Company has to replace chief executive Anne Boden and decide on its strategic future

      Anne Boden
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Property sector
      British university towns grapple with student housing shortage

      Shortfall in student beds rose 45% in London since 2017-18, according to property survey

      A student in his bedroom
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Foxtons Group PLC
      Foxtons’ profits climb on higher rents as buyers retreat

      Estate agent expects imbalance in supply and demand to continue but pace of rent rises to cool

      A Foxtons’ estate agency in London
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      UK housebuilding
      Housebuilders cast doubt over UK government plan to deliver new homes

      Gove housing reforms earn mixed reception from industry and even own MPs

      Michael Gove
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      UK property
      London mansion linked to Russian investor Goncharenko sells for £113mn

      Essar’s Ravi Ruia buys the house in an off-market deal that highlights high-end sales’ secrecy

      Hanover Lodge in Regents Park, London, England
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      UK property
      UK property stocks drive FTSE 100 rally after inflation falls

      Prospect of end to Bank of England tightening provides hope for sector hammered by interest rate rises

      Residential houses in Brighton, UK
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