Latest Property News

• 'We will not allow a house price boom': Minister insists young buyers must get a chance
  

  Published 12th Oct 2010

  Britain cannot afford another boom in house prices – and the Coalition will act to prevent one, the housing minister declared last night

• Remortgage level hits 10-year low as homeowners take advantage of low rates
  

  Published 12th Oct 2010

  The proportion of home loans advanced to people remortgaging sank to its lowest level for more than 10 years during August, figures showed today

• Scotland cracks down on rogue landlords
  

  Published 11th Oct 2010

  While many landlords often feel they drew the short straw when landed with a never ending supply of ‘problem' tenants, for every dodgy renter there is an errant landlord - and Scotland is proposing a series of tough new measures aimed at weeding out these rogues..

• House prices falling by £200 every day: Economists warn the property market is 'in reverse'
  

  Published 08th Oct 2010

  House prices dropped by £200 a day last month – the fastest fall since records began in 1983

• Bank of England leaves rates at 0.5 percent
  

  Published 07th Oct 2010

  The Bank of England left interest rates at 0.5 percent for a 20th consecutive month on Thursday and kept its asset-buying programme on hold, but the outcome probably masked a vigorous debate about whether economic conditions require tighter or looser policy

• Olympic Park post Games masterplan unveiled
  

  Published 07th Oct 2010

  A modified master plan outlining how the Olympic Park will be developed after the 2012 Games has been unveiled by the Olympic Park Legacy Company

• House prices book record monthly fall in September
  

  Published 07th Oct 2010

  House prices plunged a record 3.6 percent on the month in September, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday, in a further sign the housing market is rapidly losing steam after a pick-up last year