Latest Property News

• Construction orders down as housing sector continues to struggle
  

  Published 01st Oct 2009

  Orders for new construction in the United Kingdom fell 4 per cent in the June-August period, underlining the continued weakness of the nation's housing sector

• House price bounce leaves Bank of England stunned
  

  Published 30th Sep 2009

  The Bank of England has been taken aback by the recent rebound in house prices and is watching the market carefully for any signs of excessive 'exuberance'

• HSBC promises help for desperate first-time buyers
  

  Published 30th Sep 2009

  HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, has called the bottom of the housing market, promising to lend £1.5 billion to homebuyers with very small deposits before the end of the year

• Enterprise Inns says pub closures are slowing
  

  Published 29th Sep 2009

  For those who hate to see boarded up pubs littering Britain's towns and countryside, some good news from Enterprise Inns

• British mortgage approvals rise 81 per cent
  

  Published 24th Sep 2009

  The number of mortgage approvals in August rose 81.4 per cent from the previous year to levels not seen since before the worst of the credit crisis, the British Bankers' Association (BBA) said today

• First-time buyers foiled as mortgages disappear
  

  Published 23rd Sep 2009

  The problems faced by first-time buyers were highlighted today as research showed a 75% fall in the number of loans available over the past year to those with just 10% to put down as a deposit

• Halifax to cut overdraft penalties for 5m customers
  

  Published 22nd Sep 2009

  Millions of Halifax current-account customers will have their overdraft charges cut before the end of the year, it has emerged