Nerves in the UK property profession have received a nasty jolt as a top commercial agency releases a report telling of a drastic downturn in activity in one of the hottest office areas in the south east of England. And the US has a lot to answer for.

EDINBURGH-Miller Developments and British Waterways have been granted planning permission for mixed office, retail, leisure and residential development at Lochrin Basin, on the restored Forth & Clyde and Union canals.

LONDON-Research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reckons that the dark days of the early 1990s will not come back to haunt the UK housing market.

LONDON-Research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reckons that the dark days of the early 1990s will not come back to haunt the UK housing market.

LONDON-A new survey from Knight Frank shows that US purchasers have become reluctant to commit to residential purchases in London. From 12% of the market last year, North Americans now only account for 5% of the market.

LONDON-Parcels distributor Target Express has stepped up its acquisitions programme with deals in Coventry and Bristol. The company is opening a nationwide chain of distribution centres.

LONDON-UK hotels have outperformed the FTSE-100 stock index as well as all other commercial property sectors over the past 20 years, according to new research from Andersen.

LONDON-Britain's failure to sign up for the Euro could leave the UK property market sidelined in the longer term, experts told conference attendees in Alicante, Spain.