Latest Property News

• Pub, bars and nightclubs struggle to keep partying
  

  Published 07th Jun 2010

  The number of bar and pub companies going bust has more than doubled over the past year, an adviser to the sector said today, calling on the Government to look sympathetically on operators as it frames the emergency Budget due later this month

• Former Barratt chairman launches residential development company
  

  Published 07th Jun 2010

  The former regional chairman of Barratt London & Thames Gateway Adam Lawrence has launched a new residential development and has secured £100m funding

• Garden grab policy could harm green belt, warn planners
  

  Published 07th Jun 2010

  The coalition’s plans to end garden grabbing and scrap house building density targets will lead to more development on greenfield land, planners have said

• Rent arrears double in two years
  

  Published 04th Jun 2010

  Rent arrears have doubled in the past two years, with more than a third of landlords reporting that tenants have fallen behind with payments, according to an in-depth survey

• House prices 'have peaked and will fall for rest of year' as flood of new sales follows HIPs axe
  

  Published 04th Jun 2010

  Annual house price rises have peaked and are predicted to fall back over the rest of the year amid an economic squeeze, it is claimed

• Foreigners to own property for the first time in Saudi Arabia
  

  Published 04th Jun 2010

  Saudi Arabia is to allow foreigners to own property for the first time as seeks new sources of investment in the kingdom, Bloomberg reported today

• Properties shortage pushes house prices higher
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2010

  A shortage of properties on the market continued to push house prices higher during May, figures have shown