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Commerzbank eyes £5bn UK property sale

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US groups line up for German lender’s Eurohypo arm

Children play in a playground in the Bronx ©Corbis From WORLD 2:26pm

Housing crisis deepens for New Yorkers

Families face rising rents on homes in need of repair

Lombard from COMMENT 12:40pm

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From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:02am

Home sales point to market ‘picking up’

Council approvals for new houses highest since first quarter of 2008

From WORLD Mar 8, 2013

Councils plead on home building

LGA urges chancellor to end restrictions on borrowing

From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 8, 2013

Lords boost for lettings regulation

Agents could be forced to join redress scheme

HMRC HM Revenue & Customs ©Daniel Lynch From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 8, 2013

Tax take from CGT surges by 43%

HMRC steps up investigations into buy-to-let income

Mar 8, 2013

Blackstone to refinance London office block

Deutsche Bank picked for £800m property deal

Mar 8, 2013

Bribery case against Kwok brother dropped

HK government cuts bribery charges relating to younger brother

Mar 7, 2013

L&G in £1bn boost to housing associations

Effort to fill void left by banks and dwindling public finances

From WORLD Mar 7, 2013

Pace of social change slows

Less change seen over the past decade than in any previous period

Number Cruncher Mar 6, 2013

Unite ups dividend on London portfolio

Student housing provider predicts steady rental stream

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Tax fails to end Chinese love of property

Sales up, prices increase and divorces jump

Mar 5, 2013

Quest for US offices shifts from New York

Demand for premier properties moves to smaller cities

Mar 5, 2013

New York is top city for the rich

London dislodged from pole position in property market

From MARKETS Mar 5, 2013

China Vanke to issue its first dollar bond

Investor roadshow coincides with sell-off in developer stocks

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 5, 2013

Fannie and Freddie set for reduced role

US to create utility to handle new mortgage-backed securities

From PERSONAL FINANCE Mar 5, 2013

Revenue sets sights on UK property owners

Landlords under fire in tax clampdown

From WORLD Mar 4, 2013

Coalition plans push to revive housing

Cameron and Clegg draw up measures to boost sector

The Short View from MARKETS Mar 4, 2013

China’s real estate groups take big hit

Harsher than expected clampdown on rising property prices

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