Latest Property News

• House prices rise 1.4% as UK market defies double-dip recession (but it's still grim up North)
  

  Published 20th Jun 2012

  House prices have seen their biggest annual increase since December 2010 in a sign the market was standing firm in the double-dip recession, figures have revealed

• French farce as British expats face a shock £8,000 fine if they do not declare their inheritance trusts to the Paris tax office
  

  Published 13th Jun 2012

  Thousands of Britons living in France face a shock €10,000 (£8,000) fine in a draconian tax clampdown across the Channel, Money Mail can reveal

• Sharp rise in council tax arrears cases with more renters struggling to meet payments
  

  Published 12th Jun 2012

  The number of people falling behind with their council tax payments rose sharply last year as the financial pressure on households increased

• Spring bounce can't save property market with house sales 40% down on five years ago
  

  Published 12th Jun 2012

  A property freeze has pushed out this year’s spring bounce, with new figures showing house sales have dived 40 per cent compared to five years ago

• Now second-time buyers face huge mortgage leap as cost of trading up rises three fold
  

  Published 09th Jun 2012

  The cost of trading up from a first-time buyer property to a second home has almost tripled in the past decade, says a survey

• House prices boom brings £5.6trillion stash of wealth in Britain's homes - but mortgage crunch means no cashing in
  

  Published 06th Jun 2012

  Huge house price inflation means Britain's property goldmine is worth £5.6trillion, with almost a third of it stashed in the homes of the South East, according to a new report

• 'Granny flats' to get tax breaks under new proposals
  

  Published 02nd Jun 2012

  Eric Pickles says the plans should benefit many familes and pensioners