Latest Property News

• Scarcity of buyers breaks the back of Britain’s housing market recovery
  

  Published 28th Dec 2009

  A lack of new buyers caused a significant setback for the housing market this month, raising the prospect of further falls in house prices next year, according to Hometrack, the property data company

• UK house price gap continues to widen
  

  Published 26th Dec 2009

  As 2009 comes to a surprisingly upbeat close, some homeowners are struggling to feel the joy

• Carphone founder David Ross fights to save his property business
  

  Published 26th Dec 2009

  David Ross is in eleventh-hour emergency talks to save his shopping centre business, The Times has learnt

• Home loans double as personal borrowing falls
  

  Published 24th Dec 2009

  Mortgage lending rose at its fastest rate since February in November, but credit card spending and demand for personal loans dwindled, as households reassessed their finances

• Banks’ victory in Supreme Court spurs Foxtons to fight fees ruling
  

  Published 24th Dec 2009

  Foxtons is to appeal against a High Court ruling that millions of pounds of fees it has charged landlords are unfair, after the banks’ overdraft charges victory gave the estate agent hope that it could win a renewed legal battle against the Office of Fair Trading

• House prices to continue rising in 2010
  

  Published 23rd Dec 2009

  House prices in Britain are likely to continue to rise for the first half of 2010 as a limited number of properties come to market

• Banks block £1bn fund for small business
  

  Published 18th Dec 2009

  Investment banks upset over the Government’s attacks on City bonuses are holding up a £1 billion fund for small business