Latest Property News

• B & Q owner Kingfisher beats forecasts as profits rise 28% on renewed interest in home improvements
  

  Published 03rd Dec 2009

  Strong sales growth at B&Q has helped parent company Kingfisher to beat City forecasts today with a 28% jump in profits

• Estate agent tricked client out of £7million by secretly selling his 8,000sq ft home to a developer for 'only £2.9million'
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2009

  One of Britain's biggest estate agents has admitted cheating a client into selling his £10 million home for a third of its true worth

• Construction slump starts to level off
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2009

  Activity in Britain's flagging construction sector contracted for the 21st month in a row in November, although the rate of decline appeared to be easing

• City bonuses boost London property prices
  

  Published 01st Dec 2009

  Prime property prices in central London have rallied more than 10 per cent since March, led by the growth in value of £10 million-plus homes, new figures show

• UK mortgage approvals hit 19-month high
  

  Published 01st Dec 2009

  The number of loans made to homebuyers hit a 19-month high in October, according to official figures which also showed Britons are paying down their debts at a record level

• House prices moderate to 0.5% rise
  

  Published 01st Dec 2009

  British house prices rose 0.5 per cent in November, at the same rate as October, suggesting that rapid rise over the spring and summer is beginning to moderate

• RBS relaxes lending terms for small businesses
  

  Published 30th Nov 2009

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to improve dramatically the borrowing terms for its 1.2 million small business customers, after criticism over the difficulties that small businesses have had in obtaining credit