Latest Property News

• Labour's £115m boost for hard-up homebuyers ends up helping precisely no one
  

  Published 18th Nov 2009

  A scheme to help first-time buyers and key workers on to the housing ladder has spent millions but failed to help one person purchase their own home

• Labour's £115m boost for hard-up homebuyers ends up helping precisely no one
  

  Published 18th Nov 2009

  A scheme to help first-time buyers and key workers on to the housing ladder has spent millions but failed to help one person purchase their own home

• Stamp duty change to compound low prices in worst hit areas
  

  Published 18th Nov 2009

  The end of the temporary stamp duty holiday will hit the housing market hardest in areas where prices continue to slide, it was warned today

• More good news for the housing market as reservations surge at Barratt
  

  Published 17th Nov 2009

  Further evidence of a stronger housing market emerged today after Barratt Developments said reservations since July were up a third on a year ago

• Revealed: Labour takes £11billion more a year in council tax than when it came to power
  

  Published 17th Nov 2009

  Council tax payers are having to hand over £11billion more a year than when Labour came to power

• House prices slip as owners aim to sell by end of year
  

  Published 16th Nov 2009

  Asking prices fell for the first time in three months in November as homesellers tried to shift properties before the psychological Christmas deadline

• Dearth of planning applications signals housing shortages and soaring prices
  

  Published 14th Nov 2009

  A sharp decline in planning applications for housing developments has raised fears of a chronic property shortage and steeper house-price increases