Latest Property News

• Lone Star buys £900 million Lloyds' debt portfolio
  

  Published 22nd Dec 2011

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• Rightmove: Optimistic home sellers keep raising asking prices despite unsold properties stacking up
  

  Published 19th Dec 2011

  Optimistic home sellers failed to cut asking prices in 2011, despite property sales stuttering and the wealth of bad economic news, Rightmove has reported

• A million to miss out on a mortgage in new lending crackdown
  

  Published 19th Dec 2011

  Up to a million borrowers could be turned down for mortgages under a tough new crackdown on lending announced by the UK’s financial watchdog today

• Buy-to-let mortgage lending soars as rental market demand continues to grow
  

  Published 16th Dec 2011

  Buy-to-let mortgage lending has soared by 10 times since last year as the rental market continues to boom, a mortgage lender has revealed

• 'Cheaper to buy than rent in 47 out of 50 British towns'
  

  Published 16th Dec 2011

  Renting a home is cheaper than buying in just three of Britain's 50 biggest towns and cities, according to a new study

• Rents dip as landlords avoid empty properties over Christmas but prices still up 3.5% this year
  

  Published 16th Dec 2011

  A seasonal dip in rents provided a small respite for tenants in November, leaving the average monthly rent £25 more expensive than it was this time last year, statistics have found

• Home repossessions set to soar by 8,000 next year, experts predict
  

  Published 15th Dec 2011

  Britain’s lenders warned today that repossessions are likely to rise next year, while the amount of money lent for mortgages could be lower amid a weak economic backdrop