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A once-neglected Georgian property in Deal, Kent, has been brought back to life with care, colour and modern design touchesIt wasn’t Deal’s beach or pretty back streets that made Miria and Tom Harris want to buy a home there, but the Kent town’s butcher, fishmonger and deli.“We’d been looking for ages, mostly around Whitstable, […]

The local developer controlled by tycoon Wong Kwong Miu sold less than 2 per cent of the flats offered at The Arles on Friday, but experts said it does not suggest a sluggish property market in Hong Kong. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Centralcon’s Fo Tan housing project The Arles concludes […]

“Win $2 million in Lotto and you’re celebrated. Earn $2 million busting your arse to help other people and you’re criticised. Welcome to New Zealand.”So says Auckland business consultant and management coach Lani Fogelberg, who… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Lotto wins over business success: Entrepreneur decries NZ’s tall poppy syndrome

Calls for ‘ethical consideration’ of short-term lets as 3,000 second homes registered in south-west in pandemicTourists heading to holiday homes in the south-west of England are being urged to check before they travel if their rental will worsen the area’s affordable housing crisis.The call for “ethical consideration” of the potential negative impact of short-term […]

Evergrande is reeling under more than US$300 billion in liabilities and has become the poster child of the country’s property sector crisis as it lurched from one missed payment deadline to another last year. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Evergrande discussing staggered payments, debt-to-equity swaps for US billion offshore bonds, sources […]

They are best friends but one is crumpled chaos, the other neat and tidy. You decide how to smooth things overFind out how to get a disagreement settled or be a You be the judge jurorZara shoves towels into drawers and most of her clothes are crumpled. It’s madness Continue reading… Source : […]

From a Grade II-listed pile in Yorkshire to a modernist house near the Oval, there are pads for fans of the sport Continue reading… Source : theguardian.com Read more…Homes near cricket grounds – in pictures

Stride Property Group’s rental income rose but so too did its expenses which pushed annual profit down 14.8 per cent.Net profit after tax from the diversified landlord fell from last year’s $131.9m to $112.3m in the year to March… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Stride Property Group full-year result down 14.8pc after higher tax […]

Wing Tai Holdings plans to redevelop the 57-year-old Lakeside Apartments into an ‘iconic’ residential development with unobstructed views of Jurong Lake. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Wing Tai Holdings outguns rivals in en bloc Singapore residential tender with US9 million bid

People taking part in Plantlife’s conservation project say they have seen plants and wildlife thriveThe conservation charity Plantlife again urged people not to mow their gardens in May to help wild plants and pollinators thrive.As the month draws to a close, we asked some of this year’s No Mow May participants what new plants […]

Impressions of gardens, gardeners, plants, visitors and dogs from photographer Sarah Lee as she visited the horticultural event of the year at RHS Chelsea Continue reading… Source : theguardian.com Read more…Showers of colour: Chelsea flower show in pictures

This property show gives teams £100,000 each to revamp houses and turn a profit – when they’re not botching their budgets or nearly electrocuting themselvesBoy, does it ever feel like the wrong time to be watching property shows – unless perhaps they have been retooled to show us how to insulate them to cope […]

In my childhood memories my mum is hitching up her sari to snip a cutting from a stranger’s garden, or watching Gardeners World. Now crocuses, tulips and daisies are my portal to herIt was springtime, two years ago, and my mum was dying. The crocuses bordering the paths of my local park were in […]

Our Hands Off Mangrove garden celebrates anti-racism and the power of communities coming together after GrenfellFive years ago, it would have been more likely that I’d be turning out for Chelsea Football Club than attending the RHS Chelsea flower show, let alone building a garden there. As a promising young footballer, horticulture was not […]

As our politics became more polarized, we soothed ourselves with calm interiors. Maybe now it’s time for some colourYou might say it’s charcoal, silver, concrete, slate. You might call it by the name on the paint chip: Chic Shadow, Polished Pebble, Purbeck Stone. Or you might say it’s greige. Whatever you call it, the […]

AB25052022NADSTAN.JPG Northland Regional Council says an illegal rubbish fire on June 3, 2020, polluted the air and that former Whangārei mayor Stan Semenoff is to blame. Photo / NZME Whangārei’s former mayor Stan… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Former Whangārei mayor Stan Semenoff in court for alleged illegal rubbish fire

Watching interest rates begin their climb is unnervingly like “waiting for the guillotine to fall”, Nick says.He and his wife’s home loan repayments are rising from $1700 a fortnight to about $2350 – a $650 jump.Given they just… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…‘Waiting for the guillotine to fall’: How interest rate hikes are […]

An exhibition that helps you mend and upcycle your possessions, plus the artists bringing the world’s weather to a librarySalone del Mobile Milano – the furniture fair where all the big developments in the design world are unveiled – is back next week for the first full production since 2018. A great sign that […]

Unconventional garden by Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt features a dam and sticks pre-gnawed by beaversA garden with hardly a bloom in sight and inspired by the dramatic transformation of land through the reintroduction of beavers to the UK has won best in show at the Chelsea flower show.The garden – A Rewilding Britain […]

As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we pick pollinator-friendly meadows and gardens for making a beeline to, from North Uist to the Tower of LondonOne of 23 nature reserves across the UK owned by conservation charity Plantlife that sparkle with wildflowers each summer (use the website’s map to find your nearest), this […]

Hands Off Mangrove represents plight of 1970s activists who overcame might of British stateThey were worlds apart in 1970, when the face of the Chelsea flower show was Britt Ekland posing with the rose of the year. Months later, the 55-day trial of defendants who became known as the Mangrove Nine would make legal […]

Hongkongers starting afresh in the UK have to quickly come to terms with the UK’s tax system. While there’s no way to avoid paying tax, there are a few ways to ease that burden. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…A smart way for newly arrived Hongkongers to pay the UK’s global […]

While the popularity of hybrid working in the UK and US has tested the resiliency of traditional offices, corporate culture has been slower to change in. China Demand for office space remains strong, even as citywide lockdowns force firms to take flexible working more seriously. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Why […]

Nearly 20 companies from the finance, wealth management, beauty and medical services sectors will open offices at the three office towers, targeting GBA residents. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Greater Bay Area residents will soon be able to buy wealth management, beauty and medical services from Hong Kong’s 11 Skies complex

Jinke Property Group seeks for a bond payment extension as company still struggles despite Beijing’s policy easing to buoy the real estate market. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Jinke Property seeks payment extension on 1.24 billion yuan of onshore bond to avert default

Chinese banks are likely to survive an unexpectedly large cut in their loan prime rate, the benchmark they use to price mortgages and long-term infrastructure loans, thanks to lower funding costs that have given them more headroom to heed Beijing’s call to support the ailing property sector, analysts said. Source : South China […]

He says because I part-own a flat there would be an issue with stamp duty, but I don’t feel comfortableQ We are buying our next family home. My husband wants it in his sole name (both on the mortgage and at the Land Registry) but this makes me feel uneasy. He says it doesn’t […]

We answer readers’ questions about how the rise in cost of living will affect themThere is no escaping inflation: whether it’s energy, food, transport or entertainment you are paying for, prices are going up – and at pace.Once again this week’s headlines have been dominated by the latest figures – on Wednesday we learned […]

Five-Room HDB Flat at Henderson Road Transacted for Record $1.4mil, New Private Home Sales Flat in April Amid Lack of New Launches and More17th May to 23rd May 2022 A 1,216 sq ft five-room flat in Henderson Road emerged as the most expensive resale flat to date after it was sold for a record price of […]

Kiwi Property Group, with $3.6 billion of real estate, has released the first image of how Ikea’s inaugural New Zealand store will look at its Sylvia Park centre, Mt Wellington.Kiwi has also announced it pushed up bottom-line profit… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Kiwi Property Group profit up 14pc: Sylvia Park expansion, revaluations boost […]

By RNZ Most homeowners are still making a profit on the resale of their home, but the tide is expected to slowly turn as prices begin to drop.CoreLogic’s pain and gain survey indicates 99.1 per cent of properties resold in the… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Property: Pain predicted to outweigh gains in house […]

Resin tables, chip shop counters, a bathtub in the office… Meet the architect whose flat is a laboratory of bright ideasWhen Alex Holloway first watched the Verve’s music video for their 1997 Lucky Man single, he found his attention wandering from the guitar-strumming, Mod-mopped lead singer to the interior. The location was a quintessentially […]

We join sociologist Caroline Knowles on a walk across the economic and class divide of the capital to discover how extreme wealth has reshaped our streets“This,” announces Caroline Knowles, as we walk along a deserted road on the private Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, “is where the trail runs cold. This is where money […]

Tayshan Hayden-Smith started gardening in a plot under a concrete flyover in west London. Now he’s at the top of his gameThe concrete space underneath the Westway, an elevated dual carriageway that cuts across the Victorian terraces of west London, is not a hospitable place for plants – nor for people, some would say. […]

Herbs, salad leaves and berries are tasty, cheap and surprisingly easy to growThere are some myths in horticulture that can seem as pervasive as bindweed. While many of these are pretty harmless, the one I find most problematic, and the most enduring, is the idea that growing your own fruit and vegetables is a […]

Russian state-linked bank pursuing financier for millions over alleged fraud is not on UK sanctions listRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesIt is one of Britain’s most controversial property sales. A former multimillionaire banker warns that proceeds from the disposal of his £6.5m Kent country estate risk being sent to help fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine.Ilya Yurov, […]

Children can teach unexpected lessons about plants and colourOne of the unspoken joys of an older man’s life is an ability to underestimate a son or daughter. Bear with me and I will explain.Kala has lived near next door to us for a few years now. We see her in her garden. Watering mostly […]

The lukewarm response was in stark contrast to Friday’s bumper sale at Grand Mayfair in Yuen Long, where more than 90 per cent of 428 flats on offer were snapped up. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Hong Kong’s buyers give their collective cold shoulder to flats at 3 locations, buying only […]

Buyers face bidding wars to snare homes despite soaring inflation, cost of living crisis and fears of property crashIt took less than a week to sell a two-bedroom garden flat in north London, with a guide price of £950,000. Featuring a large patio, garden, oak floorboards and underfloor heating, it is in a mixed […]

Anxious to avoid the civil unrest that would almost certainly follow a collapse in the housing market, local authorities are relaxing their stranglehold on the property sector. But will it be enough? Source : South China Morning Post Read more…China’s property crisis: who and what will save the indebted developers in the world’s […]

Some of the biggest gardens at this year’s show explore the theme of mental health. From tactile walls to busy bees, here’s how they are creating green sanctuariesAs one of the biggest and most influential garden shows on the planet, the RHS Chelsea flower show is a barometer of shifting trends within horticulture. It […]

University of Essex pilot study suggests being outdoors can help self-esteem and wellbeing Wilderness therapy and access to green space may help domestic abuse survivors heal while improving therapy outcomes, a study has found.Scientists from the University of Essex worked with the Wilderness Foundation, a charity which offers outdoor therapy programmes, to see if […]

More than 500 larvae will be released in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of a four-year project to revive the declining speciesThey once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they’ve been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief.But glowworms have had their lights dimmed […]

This tropical plant can bloom at any time of year – and for months – so makes it a great giftWhy will I love it?The moth orchid (Phalaenopsis grandiflorum ‘White’) can bloom at any time of the year and for months at a time, which makes it a perfect gift for others … or […]

They are easy to grow, flower all summer and have plenty of multi-hued cultivars. You can even make yourself a nice cuppa with themThe California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is one of those easy, breezy things that no garden should be without. It has the laid-back, sunny attitude you might expect from a Californian. All […]

Building society warns people on lower incomes could face ‘significant pressure’Nationwide executives have said they are “highly concerned” about the outlook for inflation, warning that rising costs could harm already struggling customers and drag down house prices.In its annual earnings report, the member-owned building society said it had not yet experienced an increase in […]

She insists using a wet cloth is the right way; he says a dry one is fine. You decide who is right in this domestic dust-up• Find out how to get a disagreement settled or be a You be the Judge jurorHe thinks it’s fine to just give things a quick once over with […]

A state house tenant has been awarded $5000 after having to live next to a neighbour from hell who had rowdy parties, was abusive and urinated on the fence.The Auckland tenant took Kāinga Ora to the Tenancy Tribunal after lodging… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Kāinga Ora tenant wins 00 for landlord’s inaction over […]

From a four-bedroom house that retains a sense of bling from that decade to a flat in a former carpet factory Continue reading… Source : theguardian.com Read more…1980s homes for sale – in pictures

National leader Christopher Luxon says Labour’s tax changes for investment properties would be gone “immediately” if the party won the 2023 election. Treasury forecasts published at the Budget on Thursday estimated this would cost… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Budget 2022: National’s Christopher Luxon would axe property tax, makes wages gaffe

Less spectacular revaluation gains were partly responsible for pushing Oceania Healthcare’s bottom-line profit down 29 per cent but the retirement village business made far higher operating revenue.The $85.7 million net profit after… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Lower revaluations push Oceania Healthcare profit down 29%, operating revenue up

Ryman Healthcare’s profit shot up 64 per cent after big revaluation gains and the business announced $205 million plans for Rolleston and a new $350m Melbourne village.The biggest listed retirement village owner and operator on… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Ryman Healthcare profit up 64 per cent, retirement giant makes 2.9m in full-year result

Falling revaluations and rent, rising expenses, an empty office building and a rising tax bill pushed the Asset Plus full-year profit down by 81 per cent.Net profit after tax fell from $15.95 million in the full year to March 31,… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Asset Plus profit falls 81 per cent: expenses up, […]

Brick By Brick campaign aims to save Keswick from second and third home owners pricing out localsChinty Turnbull fully expects people will say she’s taken leave of her senses as she outlines her bold plan of action. She wants to reclaim a Lake District honeypot town – “buy it back, brick by brick.”“I think […]

-First home grant house price caps jump, by as much as $275,000-Covid industry support package modified to fund affordable housing For aspiring first-home buyers, price and income caps will now be reviewed every six months.House… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Budget 2022: Aspiring first-home buyers get chance to go for more expensive properties

Rising demand for warehouses and logistics centres and strong revaluations drove listed landlord Goodman Property Trust’s net after-tax profit for the past year up 18 per cent, to $748.6 million.The business, with $4.8b of real… Source : nzherald.co.nz/Property Read more…Warehouse demand, revaluations drive Goodman Property Trust full-year profit up 18%

Growing up, we’re supposed to think our parents aren’t cool. With my father, Ron Stewart, Stew to his friends, who has died aged 80, this was impossible. He once returned home from a trip, casually mentioning he had just bought an entire country’s rug production. The country was Nepal, the rugs were made from […]

The crash came after a company owned by chairman Shum Tin Ching pledged shares in Jiayuan International and Jiayuan Services to SHK Finance a day after Moody’s downgraded their rating. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…Chinese developer Jiayuan and subsidiary’s shares suspended after stock pledge to SHK Finance, Moody’s rating downgrade

Declining prices and contracting transactions underscore why China’s banking regulator and banks are cutting their mortgage rates in cities like Tianjin to revive the stagnating property market. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…China’s April new home price index falls for the first time in seven years as Covid-19 adds to the […]

The Magnolias Ratchadamri Boulevard development, featuring the Southeast Asian debut for Waldorf Astoria, comprises hotels, offices and luxury condominiums with investment opportunities for potential buyers. Source : South China Morning Post Read more…MQDC launches luxury complex in Bangkok’s prime Ratchadamri district