Latest Property News

• China's property market braced for 30pc drop
  

  Published 07th Jul 2010

  Standard Chartered has told clients to prepare for a fall in property prices of up to 30pc in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzen, and other large cities in China as the delayed effects of monetary tightening begin to bite

• Almost 70pc of London buyers from overseas
  

  Published 06th Jul 2010

  Seven in ten London homes worth more than £5 million are being bought by foreign investors who are capitalising on the weak pound, latest figures show

• Persimmon holds back from buying land as job cuts hit housing market
  

  Published 06th Jul 2010

  The ongoing mortgage shortage coupled with the government's public spending cuts have prompted the housebuilder Persimmon to adopt a cautious approach to buying land for new homes

• House prices fall for first time since April 2009
  

  Published 29th Jun 2010

  British house prices fall Average house price may have fallen in May but some areas fared better than others over the year, with Brighton, pictured, seeing the highest annual price rise of 16.5%

• Live on a hill? You're streets ahead: How the name of your road affects your house price
  

  Published 29th Jun 2010

  House buyers are being urged to head for the hills - if they have enough money

• House sales up since General Election, says cautious Taylor Wimpey
  

  Published 28th Jun 2010

  Taylor Wimpey, the British housebuilder, said sales have recovered after a lull around the time of the General Election but political uncertainty is leading to caution in the sector

• Berkeley: Housing market in London and the South East has stabilised
  

  Published 26th Jun 2010

  The housing market in London and the South East has stabilised, housebuilder Berkeley said today