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London's Commercial Property Recovery Is Lacking One Vital Ingredient  CoStar Group

Recovery of London's Investment Market Arrives after Consecutive Quarterly Increases  CoStar Group

More home listings will mean more competition. Stand out by using virtual tours, staging and advanced technologies such as Apple Vision Pro and the Zillow Immerse app.

The US must plan beyond the EV charger real estate gold rush  Automotive World

Roundup: Temasek Expands in Europe with Paris Office  Mingtiandi

Housebuilding up strongly, but 'Government may still miss target'  Irish Examiner

Real estate named 'most distressed sector'...  Estate Agent Today

Woman, 32, who couldn't afford to buy a home in her native New York reveals how she was able to snap up FIVE p  Daily Mail

Squatters take over one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in London  Business Insider

Office take-up in Northern Ireland increases by almost 50% as commercial property market sentiment improves  MSN

Office take-up in Northern Ireland increases by almost 50% as commercial property market sentiment improves  Belfast News Letter

International Assets Investment Management LLC Acquires New Shares in iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA ...  Defense World

Allworth Financial LP Has $54000 Stock Holdings in Dimensional US Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAR)  Defense World

How Europe turned its back on the golden visa  MSN

Hotels, state bodies and Direct Provision: The companies behind Ireland's refugee housing sector  TheJournal.ie

Britons in the firing line as Europe scraps golden visa rules  The Telegraph

How Europe turned its back on golden visas  The Telegraph