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Tax office under fire over Mapeley deal

NAO says there is "significant risk" that the contract will not deliver value for money over the rest of its life

Qatar has high hopes for UK property market

The state rises above the Gulf crisis as its central bank governor gives his seal of approval to the £2 billion Shard

Builders challenge OFT fines

Competition regulator faces another costly legal battle after 25 construction companies contested bid-rigging penalties

Luxury student digs are lucrative investment

Blackstone is aiming to cash in on student rentals, which have proved to be a recession-proof area of the property market

Housebuilding eases UK construction slowdown

Outlook for Britain's building trade remains gloomy but a rise in the residential sector offsets commercial activity

A radical remedy to property boom and bust

Adam Pose, of MPC, proposes that capital gains tax and stamp duty be increased in line with house price inflation

Rental market shrinks as landlords sell up

Number of properties for let dwindles to 11-year low, pushing down tenants’ bargaining power with landlords

Dubai World creditors eye trophy assets

Lawyers are investigating merits of two separate claims, including one against valuable businesses such as P&O Ferries

Candys seek £68.5m Chelsea Barracks damages

Property developers say they would drop claim for Qatari partners' pulling out of project in return for damages payment

Bank's Posen calls for housing bubble taxes

The MPC's Adam Posen says taxes on property should rise in line with price inflation to stop boom and bust

Dubai cuts its flagship company adrift

State leaves creditors, including UK banks, facing billions of dollars in losses after refusing to support Dubai World

Vincent Tchenguiz, property tycoon

The bachelor behind The Consensus Group is being sued by Paul and Clive Rayden, who made their fortunes in property

London goes for gold at the low-carbon Olympics

London 2012 will say that the games’ best low-carbon legacy could be an overhaul of the British construction industry

British Land fights for every inch

In his first newspaper interview since joining the developer, Chris Grigg tells us how he has turned the corner