Property News
China slowdown to hit luxury real estate
CNBC - 4 Jan 2016 18:10
A new report suggests that China's economic slowdown is pinching luxury real estate globally.
Pending home sales in the US down slightly, latest index data shows
Property Wire - 4 Jan 2016 16:50
Pending home sales in the United States fell slightly in November for the third time in four months as buyers continue to battle both rising home prices and limited homes available for sale. Overall modest gains in the M...
UK experiencing a crisis in supply of homes for sale
Property Wire - 4 Jan 2016 13:03
There are 10 buyers for each property for sale in the UK as the supply of homes on the market has fallen again, reaching crisis level according to estate agents. At the same time sales to first time buyers fell in Novemb...
UK govt launches pilot scheme to directly commission new homes
Property Wire - 4 Jan 2016 10:34
Thousands of new affordable homes are to be built by the UK government on public owned land in a bit to speed up its home building programme. In a pilot scheme on five sites in England, the government will ‘directly co...
New £1 million scheme launched to train housing industry staff in UK
Property Wire - 4 Jan 2016 09:58
A big increase in the number of homes being built in the UK over the past two years and a raft of new home being promised by the Government means that more training is needed in the property construction industry. As a r...