Latest Property News

• Nationwide warning on house prices
  

  Published 27th May 2010

  The Government's proposed spending cuts and the likely Bank of england interest rate rise could combine to push down house prices towards the end of 2011, the nationwide warned as it unveiled a near-halving of its annual profit

• Homeowner denied mortgage after Japanese knotweed discovered in his garden
  

  Published 27th May 2010

  A homeowner who tried to remortgage his house had his application turned down – because Japanese knotweed was found in his garden

• Are we heading for a new housing crash?
  

  Published 26th May 2010

  Homebuyers could be battered by a credit clampdown next year if a £300 billion black hole in mortgage funding is not plugged

• Government to slash HCA funding by £230m
  

  Published 26th May 2010

  The Homes and Communities Agency has confirmed its funding for existing housing projects is due to be slashed by £230 as part of the sweeping £6.25bn cuts announced yesterday, and a further £610m funding is in doubt

• Funding gap causes mortgage lending to dive
  

  Published 21st May 2010

  Gross mortgage lending plummeted 12 per cent between March and April, as lenders urged the coalition Government to address the funding gap they say is holding them back

• Property market on better foundations
  

  Published 21st May 2010

  Great Portland Estates has joined the ranks of property investors riding the wave of London's real estate recovery

• Pointless' HIPs axed after house sellers blow £1bn - but coalition keeps £50 energy certificates
  

  Published 21st May 2010

  Homeowners have wasted around £1billion on 'pointless' Home Information Packs, which will be scrapped from midnight tonight