Latest Property News

• One in eight town centre shops standing empty as retailers struggle with tax hikes
  

  Published 23rd Jul 2009

  One in eight town centre shops is vacant, three times more than last autumn, a report reveals

• Helical Bar spots signs of life in commercial property
  

  Published 23rd Jul 2009

  The property developer Helical Bar has become the latest company to signal a stabilisation in the commercial property market, revealing that it expects the City to lead the way

• Demand for mortgages pushes up UK rates
  

  Published 22nd Jul 2009

  Lenders are raising interest rates on mortgages as demand outstrips their ability to fund loans, according to the Bank of England

• Demand for country retreats collapses as City bonuses dry up, says RICS
  

  Published 22nd Jul 2009

  The number of City workers buying rural retreats plunged in the first half of the year as firms continued to slash jobs and bonuses in the financial crisis

• Mortgage lending rises to highest levels in six months as new home buyers buoy market
  

  Published 21st Jul 2009

  Mortgage lending rose to its highest level since December with a 17 per cent hike in advances in June, figures showed today

• Council snoopers sifting through rubbish bins to find out if you're wealthy or poor
  

  Published 21st Jul 2009

  Nearly 100 town halls ordered secret searches of their residents' rubbish bins last year

• Confusion reigns over troubled Gatwick Airport sale
  

  Published 17th Jul 2009

  The Gatwick sale descended into farce yesterday as airport-owner BAA denied claims that the two remaining bidders had pulled out of the £1.5bn race