Latest Property News

• Buy-to-let market "performing pretty well"
  

  Published 05th Jun 2008

  Despite the latest industry figures which show a rise in the number of landlords failing to meet their mortgage repayments, the buy-to-let market is "performing pretty well"

• FSA closes down illegal investment scheme
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  The Financial Services Authority has stepped in to close down a scheme that conned thousands of investors out of almost 70 million pounds

• Canada still going strong
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  Canada came 12th in Knight Frank’s recently released Global House Price Index with huge annualised price growth of 6.1%

• Intermediaries create "choice and competition"
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  As buyers struggle to find the best mortgage deal, the answer may lie with intermediaries who provide consumers with a better choice and create competition, an industry expert has said

• Home improvement costs up by 20%
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  With the housing market in the doldrums, more families than ever are looking to extend and improve their home rather than move

• B&B warns on mortgage market
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  Bradford & Bingley issued a stark warning on the state of the mortgage market on Monday and slashed the price of its emergency fundraising to secure a private equity lifeline, hitting bank shares across Europe

• GROWING NUMBER OF FAMILIES CHOOSE PRIVATE RENTED HOMES
  

  Published 02nd Jun 2008

  Rents continued to rise in April as tenant demand for private rented properties grew