Latest Property News

• Tesco plans to offer mortgages delayed by regulatory checks
  

  Published 04th Oct 2010

  Supermarket giant Tesco's plan to march into the home loans business this autumn is facing a severe delay – the grocer has yet to receive permission from the City watchdog to offer mortgages

• UK property market to be depressed until next spring says Lloyds survey
  

  Published 01st Oct 2010

  Almost half of British real estate professionals expect no broad improvement in Britain's depressed property market before next spring, a Lloyds Banking Group survey found

• Cornwall to get superfast broadband network
  

  Published 01st Oct 2010

  Cornwall, known for its surfing beaches, is about to become one of the best connected areas in the world with a new high-speed broadband network to lure businesses to the economically underdeveloped region

• Figures reveal two-speed housing market as sales insouth surge ahead of north
  

  Published 01st Oct 2010

  Britain is in the grip of a two-speed housing market as sales continue to be robust in the south yet remain sluggish in many northern regions, according to figures released yesterday

• Mortgage drought has worsened because lenders are tightening conditions, says Bank of England report
  

  Published 01st Oct 2010

  The struggle to get a mortgage, which is already impossible for millions people, is going to get even worse, an official report from the Bank of England has warned

• Home loans may get even scarcer says bank boss as funds dry up
  

  Published 30th Sep 2010

  The mortgage drought which is crippling homebuyers could get even worse, one of Britain’s most powerful bankers warned yesterday

• Mortgage approvals dip as demand for property weakens
  

  Published 29th Sep 2010

  Fresh signs of a slowdown in the UK economy surfaced today with news of a drop in mortgage approvals, weak consumer credit and a decline in output from the service sector