Bridget OConnell
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MORNING NEWS: Housing market measures and measuring the gender pay gap
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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Number of buy-to-let landlords reaches record high despite tax hike
Government has introduced 3% Stamp Duty levy, new stress tests for home loans, and ended mortgage interest tax relief.
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Reforms announced to crack down on ‘rogue’ estate agents
Sajid Javid, housing secretary, reveals reforms including greater transparency
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Nightclub owner Deltic, led by Peter Marks, in fresh float plan
Nighclub operator appears to have reignited listing plans — a capital markets day for potential investors is planned later this month.
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Mothercare to close stores as it struggles on the high street
A property source said that Mothercare could seek to shut up to a third of its 143 stores through a CVA.
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Gender pay gap in property companies
Women working for estate agents and property consultancies can earn up to 58% less than their male colleagues on average.
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Short sellers prey on Debenhams, Marks & Spencer, WM Morrison and Ocado
The findings from Linklaters, the law firm, underline the pressure on chains as costs rise and customers spend less, and were based on regulatory filings made by companies to the…
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Housing Minister told to publish proof that immigration raises house prices
Dominic Raab, the housing minister, is being urged to publish the Whitehall analysis behind his claim, which a leading expert said was cast into doubt by the findings of other…
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LondonMetric takes five
LondonMetric Property has purchased five urban logistics warehouses for £25.6m, and sold a regional warehouse in Doncaster for £15m.
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Big Yellow gets green light in Camberwell
Self storage group wins planning consent for a new 72,000 sq ft store in Camberwell, London, and buys a site in Uxbridge.
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MORNING NEWS: Takeover tussles, Tincknell calls time and Ebbsfleet flip
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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Housebuilders buy land for £1bn worth of homes at Ebbsfleet
Countryside Properties, Clarion Housing Group and Barratt Homes have struck a deal to buy land for 2,900 homes from landowner Henley Camland.