Latest Property News

• Empty nesters flock back to London
  

  Published 18th Jun 2010

  Parents who swapped the capital for the Home Counties a generation ago in order to raise their children are heading back to Central London, reports property consultants Cluttons..

• Santander sole bidder for RBS branches
  

  Published 18th Jun 2010

  Spanish banking giant Santander today confirmed its bid for more than 300 branches being sold off by part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland

• Countrywide expands with acquisition of Hamptons
  

  Published 18th Jun 2010

  Countrywide, Britain's largest residential estate agency and property services group, has agreed to buy most of its upmarket rival Hamptons International

• Volatility returns to property financing, say Savills
  

  Published 16th Jun 2010

  Volatility has returned to the property financing market as Greece’s debt crisis, instability in the Eurozone and a new coalition government have prompted a “clear change in sentiment”, Savills said on Wednesday

• Hips abolition boosts housing market, says Rics
  

  Published 16th Jun 2010

  The abolition of home information packs (Hips) last month has provided a boost to the property market with an increase in the number of homes for sale, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics)

• First-time buyers fall to lowest level since 2007
  

  Published 16th Jun 2010

  First-time buyers fall to lowest level since 2007, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders The number of loans to first-time buyers fell to 17% in April, according to the CML

• House sales set to fall as public sector cuts loom
  

  Published 15th Jun 2010

  A quarter of homeowners are civil servants