Latest Property News

• Chancellor urged to act over stamp duty
  

  Published 09th Mar 2008

  The chancellor of the exchequer is being urged to raise the threshold for stamp duty

• European price boom ended in 2007
  

  Published 08th Mar 2008

  House price inflation peaked last year across Europe as interest rate rises began to bite, although mortgage lending held up in most countries despite a global credit crunch, a report showed on Wednesday

• Darling says housing Market will slow further
  

  Published 08th Mar 2008

  LONDON (Reuters) - The housing market is cooling and will slow further this year but is fundamentally strong, Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Thursday

• HMRC targeting BTL 'tax tarts'
  

  Published 08th Mar 2008

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is targeting people who receive income from UK property in a bid to chase non-payment of tax

• RICS: Uncertainty ‘good’ for investors
  

  Published 07th Mar 2008

  The latest RICS Lettings Survey also revealed that demand for rental properties continue to grow as rental yields increase

• South West boom a ‘mixed blessing’
  

  Published 07th Mar 2008

  Investors are flocking en masse to the South West, but this could have negative side effects..

• Seller confidence soars...prematurely?
  

  Published 13th Dec 2007

  A majority of sellers have opted not to cut their asking prices in the belief that the IR cut is just the first of several and that the market will soon recover from the current downturn