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Building new market-rate homes in high-income areas ultimately reduces gentrification pressures elsewhere, even when those new homes are expensive concludes a recent research report from the Greater London Authority – which rebuts a lot of traditional thinking about some negative…

With wildfires raging in Europe and August now confirmed as the hottest month on record, the climate crisis shows no signs of abating. According to sustainability experts, it’s never been more urgent to address how we measure and manage our…

Sydney has the highest waterfront price premium of any top-tier international location this year, confirms Abode2. Topping Knight Frank’s 2023 Global Waterfront Index, a waterfront property in the Aussie city typically sells for 118% more than a comparable non-waterfront home,…

Prime property markets across the UK are “softening” as interest rates climb, reports Abode2. Average top-end values across UK markets outside of London (broadly the top 5% to 10% of the market by value) slipped by -1.5% in the second…

The average UK tenant now spends over 28% of their pre-tax income on rent, the highest in the past 10 years, according to data from property portal Zoopla. Average rents for new leases have also increased by 10.4% in a…