Latest Property News

• House price recovery edges ahead with 0.9% rise say Nationwide
  

  Published 30th Jun 2009

  House prices rose by 0.9 per cent in June, the Nationwide Building Society said today, fuelling hopes the property market is beginning to stabilise

• FSA proposes strict commission rules for financial advisers
  

  Published 26th Jun 2009

  Financial advisers will no longer be able to cash in on commission from sales of investments, pensions and insurance products , under new rules proposed today by the Financial Services Authority

• New mortgages soar to 13-month high as buyers return to the market
  

  Published 24th Jun 2009

  The number of mortgages approved for house purchase rose to a 13-month high in May, figures showed today

• Negative equity hits one in six prime mortgages
  

  Published 24th Jun 2009

  Nearly one in six "prime" mortgages in the UK have fallen into negative equity, according to ratings agency Fitch

• RBS topped the losses list while Chinese banks raked in profits
  

  Published 24th Jun 2009

  Royal Bank of Scotland, now 70%-owned by the government, lost more money last year than any other bank in the world, new figures out today confirm

• House prices fall after four months of steady progress
  

  Published 23rd Jun 2009

  House prices took a dip again in June after four months of gradual improvements, fresh data published shows

• Repossessions forecast 'overestimated', say mortgage lenders
  

  Published 23rd Jun 2009

  More homeowners are likely to avoid repossession than previously expected during the recession, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders