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Just weeks after the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history ripped through the coastal town of Lāhainā, Native Hawaiian taro farmers, environmentalists, and other residents of West Maui crowded into …
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict Read More
“The money I now spend in the supermarket to buy three day’s worths of food for my family, last year was enough for an entire week’s worth of groceries,” Anna …
Greece: Cost of living crisis hits ordinary households hard Read More
Taichung, Taiwan – Around a tiled square on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Nanjing, a cluster of apartment buildings rise like concrete columns towards a grey sky. At first …
Crumbling buildings and broken dreams: China’s unfinished homes Read More
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With tired faces, residents of a homeless shelter in Argentina’s capital pass through the main entrance and line up to receive a hot drink and …
Rising poverty grips Argentina as runaway inflation takes its toll Read More
Zurich has become one of Europe’s hottest housing markets, with prices surging past London and Paris and showing how local shortages can offset interest rate hikes. With demand in the Swiss …
Google Recruiting Propels Zurich Home Prices Past London, Paris Read More
Over two-thirds of properties in the UK held by overseas shell companies still do not publish information about the identity of their owners. That’s according to new research from the London School …
New report exposes high number of anonymous UK property owners Read More
There has been much talk for a while about offices heading for the buffers. The nightmare scenario is many thousands of office buildings being deemed virtually worthless as leases come up for …
Offices: how bad will the coming property crunch be? Read More
Everyone with a mortgage in London—and the rest of the UK—woke today (May 11) to the unwelcome news that interest rates, and therefore the cost of paying for their homes, are likely …
The super-rich are gobbling up prime London properties at a rate not seen since Brexit Read More
There are plenty of reasons for major cities to go green: to adapt to climate change, to lower emissions, to tackle air pollution. In Barcelona, urban planners are motivated by …
Barcelona bets on green to boost city’s mental health Read More
Dozens of contractors were detained over the weekend in Turkey, as anger grows over the consequences of the devastating earthquakes and the government vows to take action against construction negligence …
Turkey cracks down on contractors of quake-struck buildings Read More