Bridget OConnell
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The mystery of commercial rents: boom or bust?
Despite the exodus of tenants, rents on retail stores appear to be rising
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Pub group toasts long hot summer
Rothschild hired to help pub group to explore “possible routes to optimise value” for its 376 properties
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McCarthy & Stone reveals profits to fall at least 24%
Housebuilder says a weaker market in the south of England and ground rents policy hit trading
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Half of leasehold house owners didn’t know they were only buying lease, research finds
Some 94% of purchasers now regret decision and 62% think their property was mis-sold, NAEA Propertymark finds
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Bovis ‘back in game’ as it predicts record year
Housebuilder aims for record profits as it bounces back from faulty homes scandal
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UK high streets suffer worst August sales in three years
Rising inflation and falling wage growth add to woes of traditional retailers
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MORNING NEWS: Blackstone, Barratt and tech hotspots
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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Rich overseas parents buy £2bn of property to get top school places
Wealthy parents see London properties as route to private schools for their children
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Housebuilders step up defence of Help to Buy as Government mulls overhaul
The Home Builders Federation said Help to Buy had been an “unmitigated success”
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RBS to almost halve its branches with another 54 closures
Closures come in addition to 421 closures since December last year
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High street seeks shelter from the ‘perfect storm’
The Federation of Small Businesses said that town centres needed urgent assistance to survive a “perfect storm” of rising rents and business rates
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Barratt makes capital from the regions
More than 40% of sales supported by government’s Help to Buy subsidy scheme