Latest Property News

• Northern Rock's 'bad bank' traps mortgage customers in their homes
  

  Published 23rd Jul 2010

  Mortgage customers at Northern Rock’s ‘bad’ bank will be hit with punitive charges if they want to move before their deal expires

• Thousands of mortgage holders left out of pocket by £300 a month in bank repayment error
  

  Published 21st Jul 2010

  Thousands of mortgage holders are of pocket today after a bank error left them facing huge rises in their monthly repayments

• Mortgage lending up 15% in June
  

  Published 21st Jul 2010

  Mortgage lending rose by 15% in June to an estimated £13.1bn from £11.4bn in May, according to figures published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders

• Homebuyers to pay thousands more in stamp duty if their properties not energy efficient
  

  Published 21st Jul 2010

  Homebuyers would be forced to pay thousands of pounds extra in tax if they buy a property that doesn't meet tough climate change targets, under plans being considered by the Government

• Repossessions could hit 175,000 a YEAR, according to unpublished Government report
  

  Published 20th Jul 2010

  Labour has been warned the number of repossessions could spiral to 175,000 in 2012, it can be revealed for the first time today

• Miss Sixty at centre of debt challenge
  

  Published 19th Jul 2010

  Fashion chain Miss Sixty is the focus of a legal challenge that may make it harder to achieve controversial pre-pack administrations that can leave creditors such as landlords out of pocket

• House prices fall as flood of owners rush to sell
  

  Published 19th Jul 2010

  Soaring numbers of homeowners are deciding to sell their properties in a move which will trigger a sharp house price fall, a report warns today