Latest Property News

• Bank holds UK interest rate at 5%

  Published 04th Sep 2008

  The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 5% as it struggles to deal with a slowing economy and spiralling inflation.

• Skipton loan plan aimed at first-time buyers

  Published 04th Sep 2008

  The UK’s sixth largest building society has launched an innovative scheme to help first-time buyers on to the property ladder in the first attempt by a leading mutual to re-establish the historical link between saving and mortgage lending.

• Stamp duty axed below £175,000

  Published 03rd Sep 2008

  Homebuyers will not have to pay stamp duty on properties costing £175,000 or less for the next 12 months.

• New regulations 'could simplify' processes for landlords

  Published 02nd Sep 2008

  Landlords could benefit from the introduction of new regulations covering rental properties that draw existing rules together into a comprehensive system, it has been claimed.

• House prices 'fall 10.5% in year'

  Published 28th Aug 2008

  UK house prices have seen an annual double-digit fall for the first time since 1990, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide.

• Alliance & Leicester cuts some mortgage rates

  Published 27th Aug 2008

  Mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester said it is cutting the rates on some of its home loans.

• Lenders cut more mortgage rates

  Published 26th Aug 2008

  Another round of rate cuts has been announced by the Halifax, one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders.