Latest Property News

• Debt-saddled Dubai World gets $9.5bn state bailout
  

  Published 26th Mar 2010

  Dubai's rulers yesterday bailed out Dubai World, the debt-ridden state-owned conglomerate which caused global investor panic last November when it asked for more time to repay $4bn (£3bn) worth of bonds

• Npower branded Britain's worst utility company
  

  Published 25th Mar 2010

  Energy giant comes bottom in Which

• US new home sales hit record low as cold weather bites
  

  Published 24th Mar 2010

  Sales of new homes in the US fell to their lowest level on record in February as the cold weather discouraged buyers, figures have shown

• Northern Rock and B&B 'bad banks' to merge
  

  Published 24th Mar 2010

  The so-called "bad banks" of Northern Rock (now NRAM) and Bradford and Bingley (B&B) plan to merge

• Stamp duty threshold doubled
  

  Published 24th Mar 2010

  In the 2010 UK Budget announced today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, doubled the tax free threshold for stamp duty on residential properties to £250,000 for first time buyers until the end of 2011..

• Dubai home prices fall most in world in 2009
  

  Published 24th Mar 2010

  Dubai house prices plummeted by 45%, making it the worst performing real estate market in the world, according to The Wealth Report 2010

• Buy-to-let: 58pc rise in tenants defaulting on rent
  

  Published 24th Mar 2010

  The number of tenants unable to pay their rent rose dramatically last year, according to research