Residential
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Growing number of pensioners are renting
The number of pensioners who are renting privately has risen to 8% compared with 5.2% in 2007, figures from Countrywide show.
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Cambridge plans capped housing to attract best academics
Cambridge university is planning a new housing quarter, named after astronomer and physicist Arthur Eddington, as it seeks to attract the top academics and researchers.
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Spare NHS land should be used for homes for hospital staff
WEEKEND PAPERS: Spare NHS land would be used to build 40,000 homes for key staff under proposals by the NHS Confederation, in a return to the nurses’ homes of the…
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Construction output down 1.6%
WEEKEND PAPERS: Construction output dropped 1.6% in April, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed.
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Enfield Council adds 21 acres to Meridian Water masterplan
Enfield Council has bought a 21-acre development site for its £6bn Meridian Water masterplan from a client of LaSalle Investment Management for more than £70m.
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Comment: Get organised, get creative… go Dutch!
Like the UK, the Netherlands is just emerging from the 2008 recession. As it does, the country’s relentless pursuit of innovative and cutting-edge living continues. By the end of my…
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Oxford’s tech companies seek space for expansion
Tech entrepreneur Lee Bryant describes Oxford as a “premier town”. And it is easy to see why. For any employer, being based in a city of pioneering research with a…
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Goldstein invigorated by ‘wake up call’ to Conservatives
ELECTION WEEK: LISTEN Cain Hoy chief executive Jonathan Goldstein has said that the shock general election result is a message to the Conservative party that the UK is not a…
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Gavin Barwell loses his seat… but who could replace him?
ELECTION WEEK: Barwell has been housing and planning minister for less than 12 months
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Oxfordshire needs express delivery on new housing
Believe it or not, London is not the least-affordable city in the UK. This rather dubious accolade goes instead to Oxford. Research published in March by Lloyds Bank showed that…
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Airbnb refugee service could come to UK this month
An Airbnb service that came into effect in the US yesterday, and is aimed at helping refugees and aid workers find accommodation, could come to the UK later this month.
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easyProperty and GPEA to merge
Online estate agency easyProperty and GPEA, the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, are to merge