Latest Property News

• House prices fall 1.6 percent year-on-year
  

  Published 28th Dec 2010

  House prices in England and Wales fell for a sixth consecutive month in December to stand 1.6 percent lower than a year ago, property data firm Hometrack said on Monday

• Lender Coventry in takeover talks with N&P - report
  

  Published 26th Dec 2010

  Mortgage lender Coventry Building Society is in talks over a possible takeover of its mutually-owned rival Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported

• Mortgage approvals rise to 45,000 in November - Bank
  

  Published 20th Dec 2010

  Major banks approved 45,000 loans for home purchase in November, up from 44,000 in October, and net mortgage lending also picked up, the Bank of England's latest Trends in Lending survey showed on Monday

• Fine will threaten Norwich & Peterborough's future
  

  Published 20th Dec 2010

  Norwich & Peterborough Building Society will be fined by the Financial Services Authority within weeks for the systematic mis-selling of risky Keydata investments

• Cost of being a tenant shoots up for the TENTH month in a row as UK rent prices hit new high
  

  Published 17th Dec 2010

  The cost of being a tenant rose to a record high during November as rents increased for the 10th consecutive month, research showed today

• Commercial property values up 0.1 percent in November - IPD
  

  Published 14th Dec 2010

  Commercial property values rose just 0.1 percent in November for the second straight month, just shy of a double dip in values, as the market remained subdued, data showed on Tuesday

• House prices up 5.5 percent in October - DCLG
  

  Published 14th Dec 2010

  House prices rose 5.5 percent on the year in October, down from a 6.1 percent annual gain in September, government data showed on Tuesday