Bridget OConnell
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Flexible office providers ‘may go to wall’ after downward spiral in rents
New entrants and lack of product differentiation mean increasing competition on price
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Posh coffee is not so hot any more
Starbucks is to pull back from plans to open more than 1,000 “reserve” shops around the world
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Ministers urged to back huge UK housebuilding programme
Cross-party commission calls for social housing to be seen as vital infrastructure
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LondonMetric offloads three sheds for £24m
Property investor continues to “monetise some shorter let assets” to strengthen remaining portfolio
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MORNING NEWS: Rulings, research and residential
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals
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M&S’s lifeline from last-minute spending spree
M&S and Debenhams are set this week to reveal further falls in sales over Christmas
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UK high street endures ‘worst year on record’ as December sales slump
Store sales dropped 1.9% last month year-on-year, the sixth successive December contraction
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Return of dividend softens blow after Alan Sugar’s paper loss
Decline in the value of Amshold’s investment properties push company into the red
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Exodus from City gathers pace as Brexit looms larger on horizon
New report from EY finds one in three financial services firms eyeing relocation
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Cautious housebuyers add to Taylor Wimpey woes
FTSE 100 housebuilder’s update expected to point to more market weakness
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UK house prices take pre-Brexit hit, says Nationwide
Rise of only 0.5% in December – the slowest annual rate of growth since February 2013
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MORNING NEWS: Predictions, top performers and the planning system
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals