Latest Property News

• Businesswoman may lose £750,000 home after husband 'forged her signature to obtain huge loan' after he gave her house in divorce
  

  Published 06th Dec 2011

  A successful businesswoman could lose her £750,000 home after her ex-husband allegedly forged her signature to obtain a six-figure loan

• Housing market to get a boost by transport initiatives announced by the Chancellor
  

  Published 05th Dec 2011

  A select group of homeowners, househunters and developers will be feeling a little happier this week, thanks to Chancellor George Osborne

• Homes built before 1919 have put on most value, report reveals
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2011

  Homes built before 1919 have risen in value more than any other type of property over the past 25 years, a report reveals today

• RBS sells pubs business to Heineken for £422 million
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2011

  Royal Bank of Scotland said it had sold its tenanted pub business to Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company, a unit of the world's third-largest brewer Heineken NV, for 422 million pounds

• Berkeley confident as H1 profit soars
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2011

  London-focused builder and developer Berkeley Group posted a 64 percent leap in first half profit, boosted by a one-off disposal and after it sold more homes, and said it was confident on meeting its future targets

• Mortgage approvals highest since December 2009
  

  Published 02nd Dec 2011

  Mortgage approvals edged up more than expected to their highest in nearly two years last month, but the overall picture for lending remained well below pre-crisis levels and the outlook appears set to darken

• House prices rise for third straight month - Nationwide
  

  Published 29th Nov 2011

  House prices edged up in November, beating expectations and despite a weak economy, but activity remains subdued and prices are more likely to dip in the next 12 months, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday