Smash Hit

Property pair are back in business

Nigel Hugill and Robin Butler are making a comeback with a new commercial-property business backed by GI Partner

Passing clouds could make buyers pause

Savills, the estate agency, is forecasting an average decline of 6.6 per cent in house prices by mid-summer

Commercial property project sparks confidence

A consortium has stepped in to rescue a partially-completed shopping centre, in a sign that the commercial sector is reviving

Taylor Wimpey runs out of homes until next year

As homebuyers chase fewer properties on the market, the housebuilder says it has no more completed stock left this year

Taylor Wimpey ready to raise house prices

Builder sells out of homes for this year and, alongside rival Redrow, is predicting higher value deal in 2010

House prices go up again, but fears grow that economy cannot sustain rise

House prices are now 7.1 per cent higher than they were six months ago and 2.9 per cent higher than in December last year

Qatari deal could turn US Embassy into hotel

The US State Department will sell the Chancery building, home to the US Embassy for almost half a century, to Qatari Diar

Qataris buy US Embassy building in London

Qatari Diar has acquired the United States Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair for an undisclosed sum

House prices rise 1.2% amid homes drought

Average house price hits £165,528 in October, but increase in value is due to rising demand for fewer available homes

Construction industry shrinks for 20th month

The contraction of activity in the UK sector has accelerated and an increase in costs is adding to its worries

Land Securities ends development stalemate

It is the biggest commitment to speculative projects on such a scale — without bank borrowing — since the downturn began

Commercial sites gloom 'hit valuation accuracy'

Turmoil in prices of business premises has cut the accuracy of surveyors' assessments, their professional body says

Low-carbon UK threatened by cuts, CBI argues

Business leaders’ body fears that smaller bids for construction projects mean builders will not meet low-carbon targets

Business goes for gold at Olympics site

The Olympic Delivery Authority estimates 75,000 companies will win 2012-related contracts over the lifetime of the project

Architects open base in Siberia

The firm behind the Scottish parliament and the Falkirk Wheel, is to launch its third Russian base