National property journalist, Marc Da-Silva, has worked in the property industry for over ten years. After gaining a media & journalism degree in 2004, he joined Property Investor News as assistant editor. He has since written for a host of national newspapers, magazines and websites, including the Times and Sunday Business Post.
Marc is currently the news and features editor of Homes Overseas print and online, and in October 2008, was named in the 'World's Top 100 most powerful property people' by Globaledge.
Banks have ordered Taylor Wimpey to sell its construction arm - Taylor Woodrow, after the company failed to raise emergency funding to the tune of £500m this week. More »
Taylor Wimpey has announced the departure of its finance director, Peter Johnson, after failing to secure capital from shareholders and potential new investors. The company has now admitted that it could breach banking covenants unless the housing markert recovers. More »
Housebuilders’ ultimate objective should be to create communities that are sustainable and desirable for people to reside, rather than just focus on erecting residential developments, particularly in the Capital, according to Deputy Mayor of London, Richard Barnes. More »
Property sales fell for the ninth month in a row, while the volume of transactions are now at their lowest level for over thirty years, according to the latest Hometrack survey. More »
The government should bypass eco-towns in favour of increasing the size of London, Oxford and Cambridge to stimulate economic development, believes right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. More »
Hyde Housing Association has pulled out of a project to construct 500 residential units and a swimming pool in Croydon, as a consequence of the credit crunch. More »
Treasury Holdings UK has finally made public its planned regeneration of Battersea Power Station and its surrounding area. The £4bn mixed-use scheme will include 8m sq ft of residential, office and retail space, along with a 300-metre glass chimney. More »
Around 3.25m people are planning to move home over the next year, despite the turmoil in the residential property market, according to the new Moving Improving research from Alliance & Leicester. More »
Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, is confident that inflation will return to the government's target of 2%, but admits that the economy must slow first. More »
