David Parsley

Alex Macaulay is something of a rarity in the residential market. He is a developer running a thriving small housebuilding business.

It was a tough third quarter for UK-listed property stocks as a combination of macroeconomic factors hit sectors across real estate. However, while commercial stocks suffered, it was housebuilders that stood out among the poorest performers, with concerns over the residential market continuing to drag on the sector.

A new online residential service has been launched to shake up London’s £1m-plus residential market with the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

At its peak, Home REIT owned around 2,500 properties, a figure that has since fallen sharply as the company progresses a managed wind-down that began in July 2024.

Shareholders seeking compensation over the collapse of social housing group Home REIT are expected to file their action in the High Court as early as February, Property Week can reveal.

It may not have been the dramatic bounce-back housebuilders had hoped for, but the final quarter of last year did provide at least a little hope.

It has not been an easy few years for Spencer McCarthy. Churchill Living, the retirement home group he founded with his brother Clinton in 1994, has had to ride the political and economic storms that have hit business.

Rob Wilkinson, the former AEW Europe chief executive who moved into the top job at shopping centre giant Hammerson in January, has a lot to live up to in succeeding Rita-Rose Gagné.

HMS Dragon finally set sail from Portsmouth on Tuesday, almost a week after its deployment was first announced

They have appeared as a quirky cultural phenomenon in films set in Japan for many years, but now, micro – or capsule – hotels are finally taking hold in the UK.