Latest Property News

• NatWest investigated over impartial advice claims
  

  Published 08th May 2009

  NatWest is under investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following complaints it is not giving customers the impartial advice it claims to offer in its adverts

• In Millionaire's Row, estate agents scent first signs of life in the property market
  

  Published 06th May 2009

  You would think that property developer John Wischhusen might be feeling just a little bit nervous as he gives a guided tour of his pride and joy in Poole

• Construction activity rises to 7-month high
  

  Published 06th May 2009

  Britain’s construction industry contracted at its slowest pace in seven months in April, as the weak pound helped to support new orders, according to the latest survey of purchasing managers by CIPS/Markit

• Licence to let will hit all private landlords
  

  Published 05th May 2009

  All private landlords would have to be registered before letting residential property under government plans to curb abuses in the growing rental market, The Times has learnt

• One £285m mortgage rescue scheme. One family helped
  

  Published 01st May 2009

  It was announced with much fanfare in September at the height of the banking crisis - the government's big idea to stop vulnerable people being thrown out of their homes

• Father returns home to find house boarded up after 'incompetent' bailiffs repossess wrong property
  

  Published 29th Apr 2009

  A semi-retired father-of-two returned home to find 'incompetent' court bailiffs had repossessed his house by mistake

• Landlords' deal saves JJB from administration
  

  Published 28th Apr 2009

  Struggling retailer JJB Sports staved off administration today after creditors voted overwhelmingly for the board's rescue plan