Property Investment

Renting to students can be a profitable venture but it pays to be prepared.

Lured by higher income levels, multi-asset managers have been moving back into property for the first time since the financial crisis. But are there still gains to be made? Cherry Reynard reports.

Spain's collapsing residential property market is still overvalued, banking experts have warned.

Activity in the UK housing market has hit a three-year high, surveyors report, supporting hopes of a revival that would help the economic recovery.

The BBC has postponed an episode of Panorama covering overseas luxury property company Harlequin following allegations of bribery.

OFFSHORE

One of the main hotel resorts which received investment from overseas property firm Harlequin Property has not filed accounts for seven years.

A London law firm is pursuing 67 financial advisers who recommended clients invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in off-plan Cypriot properties which have either failed to be built or have plummeted in value.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to financial advisers about investing clients money in Caribbean property through Harlequin Property.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is looking for fund managers to run mandates in both UK direct and global listed real estate.