Latest Property News

• Housing market slows after five months of growth says the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
  

  Published 17th Dec 2009

  The housing market rally appears to be running out of steam, with the pace of price rises starting to slow, according to official figures out on Tuesday

• Savills boosted on town and country demand
  

  Published 17th Dec 2009

  Savills, the international estate agency, alerted shareholders today that its profits this year would be significantly higher than expected as it revealed that the slowdown in the market for smart town houses and country estates was much less acute than had been feared

• UK house prices rise for fourth month
  

  Published 16th Dec 2009

  House prices in the UK rose for the fourth month in a row in November, despite a flood of new properties coming on to the market, according to a survey out today

• Home repossessions rise by 3%
  

  Published 16th Dec 2009

  The number of repossessions orders taken out by mortgage lenders rose by 3% during the third quarter of the year to 13,987, figures from the City watchdog showed today

• House prices rising £4 a day
  

  Published 16th Dec 2009

  The value of UK homes has risen by £39 billion this year, after slumping £811 billion in 2008, figures from Zoopla, a leading property website, show

• Increase in property supply fails to halt rising prices
  

  Published 15th Dec 2009

  A modest increase in the number of properties coming up for sale is having little effect on the housing market as prices continue to rise, according to the RICS UK Housing Market survey published today

• House asking prices fall for second month in a row as average home loses £5,000
  

  Published 14th Dec 2009

  Property asking prices fell for the second month in a row during December as the market suffered its traditional seasonal slowdown, research showed today