Latest Property News

• Landlords on top as rental market takes off
  

  Published 09th Feb 2011

  With property prices still easing their way out of the trough created across most of Europe by the financial crisis, those who can afford to buy have rarely had it so good

• Bellway says better weather boosts sales in January
  

  Published 07th Feb 2011

  Homebuilder Bellway said visitors returned to sites, boosting sales, in January after bad weather thwarted sales before Christmas and it continued to ramp up land buys during the period

• On the road to recovery? House prices rise by 0.8% in January after pre-Christmas dip
  

  Published 04th Feb 2011

  House prices rose by 0.8 per cent during January as values bounced back after steep falls amid the pre-Christmas snow disruption, figures revealed today

• Construction activity bounces back in January
  

  Published 02nd Feb 2011

  Construction activity returned to growth in January, helped by better weather and a rise in new business, the monthly Markit/CIPS purchasing managers index showed on Wednesday

• Mortgage approvals lowest since March 2009
  

  Published 02nd Feb 2011

  Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell more than expected in December to their lowest since March 2009, in a sign the housing market is set to continue to weaken, official data showed on Tuesday

• Spanish property ruling spells security for buyers
  

  Published 01st Feb 2011

  A Spanish court has upheld the right of investors in a failed property development to have their deposits returned to them, after a local bank attempted to shirk their responsibilities under the country's guarantee laws

• House prices drop 0.1 percent in January - Nationwide
  

  Published 01st Feb 2011

  British house prices fell slightly less than expected in January, continuing the moderate downward trend in place since the middle of 2010, mortgage lender Nationwide's monthly survey showed on Tuesday