Latest Property News

• One million families facing negative equity by the end of 2009
  

  Published 02nd Jun 2008

  250,000 homeowners are already in negative equity according to a new report

• Building society bosses optimistic
  

  Published 30th May 2008

  New research from the Building Societies Association (BSA) shows that despite the testing market conditions, the majority of building society bosses are optimistic about the year ahead

• A new report has revealed that owner-occupation in Scotland has reached an all-time high…
  

  Published 30th May 2008

  According to the report from the Bank of Scotland, the number of owner-occupiers in Scotland rose by 125,000 between 2001 and 2006 from 1.403m to 1.528m

• Fixed rate mortgages increasingly popular
  

  Published 29th May 2008

  Figures released today (May 21st) show that demand for five-year fixed rate mortgage deals has increased for the third month in a row

• London in for a 'mixed time'?
  

  Published 29th May 2008

  London property market is in for a topsy-turvy time over the next 6 months according to Jones Lang LaSalle, the story in London is a mixed one for the remainder of 2008

• The British Bankers Association (BBA) has taken a positive stance on UK mortgages despite the apparent doom and gloom…
  

  Published 28th May 2008

  Commenting on the Association's latest mortgage figures, BBA Statistics Director David Dooks emphasized that contrary to some reports, the mainstream mortgage market 'had not ground to a halt’

• UK sellers are struggling with increasingly tentative buyers, claims the NAEA…
  

  Published 27th May 2008

  The NAEA’s latest report reveals that elements of the market are actually ‘stabilising’, but a ‘dislocation’ remains between asking prices and actual and sales prices