Latest Property News

• Buy-to-let fraud pushes Chelsea building society into the red
  

  Published 22nd Aug 2009

  Fears of widespread fraud on the mortgage books of Britain's high-street lenders emerged after Chelsea building society today admitted that it had uncovered fraud of up to £41m

• Rightmove lifts hope on home sales
  

  Published 22nd Aug 2009

  Fresh optimism returned to the housing market yesterday as Rightmove, Britain’s biggest property website, reported a record number of visits and as official figures showed that some homebuyers believe that price falls have come to an end

• Mortgage lending rises but remains subdued
  

  Published 21st Aug 2009

  Gross mortgage lending rose by 26% in July to an estimated total of £16bn, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said today

• New home starts leap 63%
  

  Published 21st Aug 2009

  The number of new homes being built in England rose by 63% in the second quarter of the year, but economists believe that a full recovery in the housing market will not happen until banks resume lending

• Repayment crisis threatens millions of homeowners
  

  Published 21st Aug 2009

  Many of the four million homeowners who took out interest-only mortgages are facing a crisis because they have no way of repaying their home loans

• Oxford's airport has been rebranded as London Oxford Airport, the ninth to use the capital's name, despite it being nearly 60 miles from the city centre...
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  The airport serves business customers, private plane owners and a flying school and operators hope the change will bring in more business

• Buy-to-let figures encourage Arla
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  The Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) has welcomed the latest buy-to-let figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)