Latest Property News

• Barratt chief says finance the key to housing market recovery
  

  Published 13th May 2009

  The chief executive of Barratt Developments today called for the banks increase their lending to help stimulate the depressed housing market

• Buy-to-let landlords struggle to repay their loans
  

  Published 13th May 2009

  Tens of thousands of landlords are struggling to meet their mortgage repayments as the economic downturn devastates the buy-to-let market, according to a new report

• Mortgage rates seen nearing floor
  

  Published 13th May 2009

  Lenders raised interest rates on two-year fixed rate mortgages in April, but the cost of tracker and variable rate deals fell slightly, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday

• Recession 'could be over by August' says OECD as housing market perks up
  

  Published 12th May 2009

  The recession may be over in Britain by August, international experts said yesterday

• Enquiries and sales continue to pick up
  

  Published 12th May 2009

  Sales in April edged up a little further, albeit from historically low levels, while the net balance of surveyors reporting a rise in new buyer enquires climbed to the highest figure for almost a decade, according to RICS' UK housing market survey

• Every house to have gas and electricity 'smart' meter by 2020... but homeowners will have to foot the bill
  

  Published 11th May 2009

  All homes in the UK will have their gas and electricity meters replaced by 'smart' meters by 2020, the Government announced today

• Airports policy 'in tatters' as Stansted runway plans delayed again
  

  Published 11th May 2009

  The government's airport expansion policy is in tatters, campaigners said today after it emerged that a planning decision on a second runway at Stansted is unlikely to be taken before the general election