Latest Property News

• Canada to curb property speculation
  

  Published 18th Feb 2010

  Canada's Government has taken steps to tighten mortgage lending rules in the country as historic low rates are raising fears of a potential housing bubble..

• Almost a third of parents remortgage their home to fund adult children
  

  Published 17th Feb 2010

  Almost a third of parents are remortgaging their home to raise the £30,000 typically needed to help support their grown up children, it can be disclosed today

• Welcome to boarded-up Britain: One in eight shops now stand empty as recession hits high streets
  

  Published 17th Feb 2010

  The number of empty shops blighting our high streets has trebled since the start of the credit crunch, it was revealed yesterday

• Abbey Road studios that were home to The Beatles for sale as EMI seeks to pay off huge debts
  

  Published 16th Feb 2010

  The iconic Abbey Road recording studios made famous by The Beatles's 1969 album of the same name have been put up for sale by stuggling music group EMI

• ING UK Property Income Fund raises £22.4m of new equity
  

  Published 16th Feb 2010

  ING UK Property Income Fund, a Guernsey limited partnership managed by ING Real Estate Investment Management, has raised £22.4m of new equity

• House prices jump 3.2 per cent in four weeks
  

  Published 16th Feb 2010

  Asking prices increased by 3.2 per cent in the four weeks to February 6, research indicated today

• Households warm to boiler scrappage scheme
  

  Published 15th Feb 2010

  More than a third of the vouchers available under the government's boiler scrappage scheme have been snapped up since the scheme launched almost six weeks ago, according to figures out today