Latest Property News

• Rise in new mortgage sales hides ‘two-speed market’ as homeowners fail to refinance
  

  Published 14th Dec 2009

  The number of mortgages taken out to buy a home rose to the highest level for almost two years in October as the housing market continued to rally

• Prudential latest big name to pull out of equity release
  

  Published 08th Dec 2009

  Pensioners who want to extract cash from the value of their home will be faced with less choice and higher costs next year

• RBS exposed to reckless foreign loans
  

  Published 08th Dec 2009

  The British taxpayer is insuring almost £168billion of foreign loans and investments accumulated by Royal Bank of Scotland during its foolhardy dash for growth

• 'Scrooge' RBS hits homeowners with Christmas crackdown on borrowing
  

  Published 08th Dec 2009

  Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a Christmas crackdown on borrowing, snatching back tens of thousands of pounds from homeowners

• Six feet wide house on sale for £550,000
  

  Published 08th Dec 2009

  A house in Shepherds Bush, London, just 5ft 6inches wide, reportedly up for sale for £550,000 The house in Shepherds Bush, London

• Housebuilders cautious despite improving conditions
  

  Published 04th Dec 2009

  Housebuilders Berkeley Group and Bellway today pointed to a cautious pick-up in the housing sector after a turbulent year but warned that conditions remain challenging

• Tesco ‘plans massive superstore surge’ before proposed restrictions
  

  Published 04th Dec 2009

  Tesco is planning scores of new supermarkets across Britain before a proposed clampdown that would restrict its ability to expand