International - Financial Times - Property

Mortgages for first-time buyers were at a 10-year low last year

US regional lender replaces chief amid continued investor concern about commercial property exposure

Pressure eases on Breit after dash for withdrawals caused the group to put limits on requests

A longer-lasting trend is being driven by wealthy Japanese households and demand from Chinese buyers

UK property platform reports rising revenue in housing market slump but warns of drop in customer numbers this year

Higher than expected rise in February as mortgage rates ease

Data suggests residential house market is recovering as squeeze from higher borrowing costs eases

Aareal suffered rise in non-performing loans in final weeks of 2023

Hammerson results indicate gloom over UK retail property market might have turned

Warehouse landlord Segro and Derwent look for buying opportunities as high debt costs force out property owners

Commercial real estate prices have to fall a LOT further for it to become more feasible

Property group is among biggest victims of China’s real estate cash crunch

Groups representing dozens of lenders say Signa properties being sold or transferred with limited transparency

Upfront cost of building 90,000 new homes would be returned within 11 years, say Shelter and NHF

Red tape must be slashed to meet the UK’s demand for housing and infrastructure

New report blames complex planning system for missed targets, largely batting the issue back to politicians

‘Complex and unpredictable planning system’ to blame for building shortage, says Competition and Markets Authority

Breit has failed to deliver return promised to university in exchange for shoring up real estate fund

Across the 37 industrialised OECD countries, nominal house prices grew 2.1% in the third quarter of 2023

New English rules aim to tackle shortage of affordable homes but short-term letting companies have little to fear