Latest Property News

• Nationwide resurrects 125% mortgages
  

  Published 09th Jul 2009

  Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, is offering 125 per cent loan-to-value mortgages to existing customers in negative equity who need to move house

• Crown Estate assets value slumps by £1bn
  

  Published 09th Jul 2009

  The Crown Estate has taken a big hit from the property market downturn, losing more than £1 billion from the value of its assets, the first decline for 16 years

• Housing recovery stunted by 'lack of mortgages'
  

  Published 09th Jul 2009

  Barratt Developments and Redrow, two of Britain's biggest housebuilders, today warned that signs of stability in the UK housing market were being undermined by banks' reluctance to provide mortgage finance to borrowers

• House prices fall 0.5% in June says Halifax
  

  Published 08th Jul 2009

  Over the second quarter of the year prices fell by 1.9%, the smallest quarterly fall since the first three months of 2008, the lender said, and the year-on-year decline was now at 15%

• Falling house prices ease in new recovery hope
  

  Published 08th Jul 2009

  Falls in house prices eased in June, offering fresh evidence that confidence is returning to the market, according to Halifax

• Spanish homes legalised
  

  Published 07th Jul 2009

  Around 40,000 illegally built properties in Spain will be legalised by the local authorities in Malaga, in conjunction with Marbella and Mijas Town Halls, which will avoid further embarrassment for the region, following the destruction of a number of illegal homes..

• Retail property market shows recovery
  

  Published 01st Jul 2009

  The green shoots of economic recovery may remain elusive, but a growing number of Britain's retailers are putting down roots in preparation for an eventual upswing, a report said Wednesday