Latest Property News

• For sale: Most expensive houseboat in London goes on the market for £1m
  

  Published 10th Jan 2010

  A luxury houseboat moored in a sought after area of London has been put on the market for £1 million, it emerged today

• Power firms face accusations of profiteering from Britain's big freeze
  

  Published 10th Jan 2010

  Energy companies have been accused of profiteering by failing to pass on steep falls in world gas prices to consumers at a time when bitterly cold weather means soaring bills for tens of millions of customers

• Buyers line up for RBS branch sell-off
  

  Published 10th Jan 2010

  THE Royal Bank of Scotland has fired the starting pistol on the sale of more than 300 branches, giving potential bidders until the end of the month to express an interest

• Coutts headquarters part of £475m sale
  

  Published 09th Jan 2010

  The headquarters of Coutts, the private bank for wealthy customers, on the Strand in London has been put up for sale as part of a £475m portfolio of properties occupied by Royal Bank of Scotland

• Lloyds faces £200m loss as property company withers into receivership
  

  Published 08th Jan 2010

  Lloyds Banking Group is facing a loss of at least £200 million after Kilmartin, an HBOS-backed property company, went into receivership

• Virgin Money buys minnow for retail bank launch
  

  Published 08th Jan 2010

  Virgin Money, which tried to buy Northern Rock before its nationalisation two years ago, today gained a foothold in retail banking through the acquisition of Church House Trust in a deal valuing the regional bank at £12.3 million

• Homeowners stung as mortgage lenders hike charges by £1,400 a year - despite Bank of England holding rate at record low
  

  Published 08th Jan 2010

  Millions of homeowners are being stung by rising mortgage rates costing up to £1,400 extra a year despite the Bank of England’s base rate freeze