Piers Wehner

The Black Friday shopping frenzy has helped to drive British retail sales growth to a near 27-year in the run up to Christmas.

The number of Russians buying homes in London has fallen by 70% as the rouble continues to collapse.

For the 200 families of Xin Jia An, 30 miles from Beijing, the sight of bulldozers coming to raze their village to the ground will be a welcome one.

The US Private equity fund Westbrook Partners has sold the New Era Estate in Hackney to the Dolphin Square Charitable Foundation.

Guo Guangchang, the chinese billionaire pursuing Club Med, has raised his offer with a last minute bid of €939m (£735m).

Lenders are withdrawing buy-to-let loans for first-time buyers over fears of fraudulent behaviour, as borrower avoid affordability criteria.

One of Hong Kong’s richest property tycoons, Thomas Kwok, has been found guilty in the city’s biggest corruption trial.

A report published by Professor Chris Binnie has concluded that the £4.2bn Thames super-sewer is a colossal waste of money.

Investors in commercial property ventures designed to benefit from generous tax reliefs will be subject to new measures to reclaim unpaid tax.

Ben Pickering, a film producer who worked with Burt Reynolds and John Hannah, has been jailed for masterminding a £5m property scam.

The Qatar-led consortium bidding to buy Songbird Estates hopes to persuade China’s sovereign wealth fund to back its £2.6bn offer.

The media empire that pioneered outdoor billboards and ads on bus shelters is set to change hands in a £1.6bn auction.