Latest Property News

• BAA keeps roof on with mortgages
  

  Published 09th Mar 2010

  Cash-strapped airports operator BAA has been forced to mortgage 39 houses near Stansted airport, many of which it is planning to demolish to make way for a planned second runway

• Number of first time buyers falls sharply
  

  Published 09th Mar 2010

  Only one in four people planning to buy a home during the coming year are first-time buyers, research showed today

• Debt-loaded takeover plunged Foxtons owner into negative equity
  

  Published 09th Mar 2010

  Estate agent chain known for its Minis falls victim to the housing crash as profit slumps 70% and debt reaches nearly £350m

• Bovis to focus cash on buying land instead of selling homes
  

  Published 09th Mar 2010

  Bovis Homes will plough money into buying land instead of selling homes as it expects the housing market recovery to flatten out this year

• E.ON to cut gas prices for two million homes
  

  Published 09th Mar 2010

  E.ON became the third big UK energy company to trim its gas prices yesterday, with a 6 per cent reduction that will benefit 1.9 million British households

• Santander leads race for £4bn RBS branches
  

  Published 08th Mar 2010

  Santander has moved into pole position to take over the 320 branches in England being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland

• Azerbaijan president's son, age 12, 'buys £30m worth of luxury Dubai property'
  

  Published 06th Mar 2010

  The 12-year-old son of the Azerbaijan president has gone on a multi-million pound property spending spree, buying up a series of luxury Dubai waterfront mansions