Latest Property News

• Supply of rental properties rises
  

  Published 19th Aug 2008

  The number of properties up for rent has jumped as people who cannot sell their homes decide to let them instead

• Overseas buyers eye London office bargains
  

  Published 18th Aug 2008

  Cash-rich international property investors are flocking to London to snap up discounted office buildings in deals that could plumb new depths for Britain's stricken property market, sources told Reuters on Monday

• Bellway cuts jobs amid housing gloom
  

  Published 14th Aug 2008

  Bellway, the Newcastle-based housebuilder, added more gloom to the housing market this morning as it announced that reservations had fallen by around 45 per cent for the second half of the financial year when compared to the same period in 2007

• Bank leaves door open for rate cut
  

  Published 14th Aug 2008

  The Bank of England raised expectations on Wednesday of an interest rate cut possibly before the year-end as it forecast inflation falling below target in two years as the economy grinds to a standstill

• Alistair Darling scrambles to end mortgage drought
  

  Published 13th Aug 2008

  Measures to revive the dormant housing market by increasing the supply of mortgage lending are being planned by ministers, The Times has learnt

• Shop rents see first fall in 7 years
  

  Published 13th Aug 2008

  Shop rents in the UK fell for the first time since May 2001 in July while commercial property values extended their correction from last summer's peaks to 20 percent, data showed on Tuesday

• Buy-to-let investors need to be 'selective' about property
  

  Published 12th Aug 2008

  Buy-to-let investors can still make money in the current market but they must be "very careful" to ensure they get the correct advice and select the right property