Oxford News
Oxford applies for social housing
Oxford may have a number of brand new social housing units by 2011 if a city application for government funding is successful.
For many years it has only been possible for housing associations to ma...
Madrid News
Madrid has dropped nine places in the annual Mercer Cost of Living Survey, which ranks the world
Brussels News
House prices are falling in Brussels, according to figures released from the F
Brussels News
The new Brussels government has signed an all-party agreement setting out its agenda for the future and long-term development, within which employment, housing and transport were cited as the city
Barcelona News
Some Barcelona districts have seen declines in house values of more than 20 per cent in the last three years, according to the latest data from property website idealista.com. T
he Sant Andreu, Nou B...
Dublin News
The Worldwide Cost of Living Survey has ranked Dublin as the 25th most expensive of 143 cities, a drop of nine places since 2008. Conducted by Mercer to help multinational companies estimate rates of...
London News
London house prices on the rise
House prices in London rose sharply by almost five per cent in the period from April to June this year, according to the Nationwide House Price Index, pushed up by a surge of interest in prime areas f...
Jersey News
Lloyds TSB faces cut backs in Jersey
Up to 180 jobs in Jersey are to go at the Lloyds banking group
Madrid News
Madrid was one of only three areas in Spain that saw a rise in unemployment in May. Due to the burst of Spain
Vienna News
Vienna tops EU energy price list
Vienna has some of the highest energy prices in the European Union. A recent report released by Austrian energy watchdog Energie Control (E-Control) compared prices in the 15 capitals of all EU member...
London News
Dragon awards for the recession
On 15 May, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Ian Luder, launched the 2009 Dragon Awards, which he sees as particularly relevant in the current recession.
Dublin News
Queues for Affordable Housing in the Docklands
In scenes not witnessed since the height of Dublin's property boom, hundreds of people have been queuing for days in the hope of buying a home. About 800 people, all of them candidates for affordable...
Dublin News
Irish economy set for sharp fall
A report just published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has predicted that Ireland is set for the sharpest fall in economic growth experienced by an industrialised country since t...
London News
London house prices show biggest fall.
Figures for March released by property data company Hometrack, which collects figures from estate agents and surveyors nationwide, showed that the biggest national monthly fall in house prices was in...
Jersey News
The number of jobless in Jersey has doubled over the past year.
There were more than 1,000 people registered as unemployed at the end of February, compared to 500 people 12 months earlier.
And at th...
