Guardian: The number of land titles in Greater Manchester owned by United Arab Emirates-linked companies increased from 51 in 2016 to 168 in 2026, equivalent to a 39% rise in the total area owned in a decade, from 73 to 101 hectares (180 to 250 acres).” theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

ST (£) “London homebuyers are set to be frozen out of the government’s revived Help to Buy scheme as ministers plan to impose a house price cap of £500,000.” thetimes.com/business/compan…

BD (£) Road to be covered in a 180m-long structure supporting dozens of mature trees. Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to overhaul a road system in Canary Wharf to make way for a new park at the foot of its planned headquarters tower for JP Morgan. bdonline.co.uk/news/fosters-…

Building (£) The St Giles Quarter project for developer BC Partners and development manager Simten includes a 19-storey office tower containing around 170,000sq ft of office space along with retail space. building.co.uk/news/bovis-co…

Guardian: A total of “821 levelling up projects out of 1,347 were yet to be finalised as of May this year. Across the UK, 73 council areas that had a bid for a project accepted were yet to see a single one fully completed.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

Times (£) “British Land (halting phase 2 at Canada Water) joins a slew of other major developers that have scaled back their plans in London or abandoned them entirely. Almost all of them cite problems around “viability”. thetimes.com/business/compan…

FT (£) National Crime Agency wins freezing order over £15mn London flat. “Faked signatures of former US president Richard Nixon, former UK prime minister David Cameron and US singer Chris Brown were used on documents.” Chris who? ft.com/content/2fae96bf-4328… via @ft

Bloomberg (£) British Land has reportedly “put the brakes on further work” on its multi-billion regeneration project at Canada Water in Southwark in the face of “soaring costs and lacklustre sales” according to sources. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

MEN : Council refuses to investigate allegations from rival that skyscraper developer Renaker was allowed to get away with not providing affordable homes. “The council will not be undertaking an investigation into or review of the planning process. ” manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…

Home Builders Federation say only half of councils process and discharge planning conditions within the statutory eight week period.

FT (£) “Top credit insurers have reduced their coverage for suppliers to embattled UK housebuilder Crest Nicholson in a sign of the substantial challenges in an industry beset by sluggish demand and rising costs.” ft.com/content/6b7b5f61-3550… via @ft

My EG (£) column. Occupiers seeking space now ask AI: But not one of 27 agent Web sites provided a satisfactory answer. Plus latest in line of takeover tips - Hammerson. Plus a rare look into Freshwater family property business. eg.mydigitalpublication.co.u…

Financial Conduct Authority closes investigation into Home REIT following “extensive cooperation” of new board with the FCA.

D Tel (£) Landsec blamed opposition from Liam Shrivastava, the Green mayor, who refused to back the plans without more homes for lower-income households, as well as those in “exceptionally challenging” economic conditions. telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

FT (£) In June, one of the family’s lenders repossessed a mews house they owned in London’s affluent Belgravia, ft.com/content/7f93f4b4-beca…

Costar (£) Landsec drops plans for £1,5bn Lewisham mall. costar.com/article/113351986…

EG (£) Savills CFO Nick Sanderson said: “When combined with our $450m three-year term bank loan, the bridge financing facility has now been fully refinanced at a current all-in pricing of 5.7%” estatesgazette.co.uk/news/sa…

FT (£) Angela Rayner’s local council rejects her new planning law: Tameside councillors have declined to hand over more planning decisions to local officials, arguing that the change would be anti-democratic. ft.com/content/6e1f80da-ec82… via @ft

FT (£) The list of the chosen new towns was expected to have been revealed last month but has been delayed. “The combination of no money and a lack of Burnham backbone to it means the importance of it is being substantially downplayed ft.com/content/f4f711aa-ca65… via @ft

SEGRO trading update. Takeover by ProLogis still scheduled for H1 2027. “Negotiations for data centre in West London through our JV with Pure DC - Expect to sign pre-let with a major hyperscaler in the coming months. londonstockexchange.com/news…