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Crest Nicholson, the UK housebuilder that fought off a bid approach from Gerald Ronson last year, is back in play after announcing it had rejected an offer from Bank of…

Luminar, the nightclub operator, has halted talks for a sale of its entertainment division to TDR Capital, the private equity firm, after disagreement on price.

Growing numbers of buy-to-let properties are being repossessed and offloaded by lenders at auction in a sign that investors are struggling to meet mortgage repayments as interest rates rise.

Two distinct housing markets exist in England and Wales, according to the latest FT house price index, with a booming market in London contrasting with near stagnation elsewhere.

Ronson and his famous backers have recently paid themselves a dividend of nearly £50m, according the annual results for 2005 of Heron Corporation, which were filed for this week.

Henderson has fought back against Allianz in its battle to win control of John Laing with an improved bid worth just more than £1bn for the roads, schools and hospitals…

A new fund investing in Japanese property is poised to join Aim next week after raising £101m. Prospect Epicure J-REIT Value Fund will buy shares in Japanese real estate investment…

Cinven, the private equity firm, moved closer to acquiring Gondola Holdings, the restaurant company that owns Pizza Express and Zizzi, after a key shareholder agreed to sell.

A new property company targeting the Indian property market is set to float on London’s junior Aim market under the chairmanship of Ian Henderson, former chief executive of Land Securities.

More than £1bn has been shaved off the projected cost of Crossrail in a bid to ratchet up pressure on the Treasury to approve a funding plan for the long-delayed…