Latest Property News

• British Land bucks property market gloom
  

  Published 13th Aug 2007

  British Land, the UK's largest real estate investment trust by assets, is hoping the property market continues to hold

• Surge in quick-fix property sales
  

  Published 13th Aug 2007

  The firm which guarantees a purchase for homeowners looking to sell up sharpish has cited the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) statistics as a factor in this move – with Brits fearing rising interest rates could well trigger a collapse in the housing market

• TV landlords wanted
  

  Published 10th Aug 2007

  Are you about to embark on the world of buying-to-let for the first time

• Many tenants will rent forever
  

  Published 10th Aug 2007

  Hometrack, the property information organisation, says that 70% of private rental tenants are effectively trapped, unable to afford access to owner occupation on a long term or permanent basis

• Will house prices level off?
  

  Published 10th Aug 2007

  Despite the base rate rising for the fifth time in a year, the percentage of borrowers opting for variable mortgages increased by 50 per cent, demonstrating a growing belief that interest rates have peaked and house price growth will level off

• Council tax system failing low-income households
  

  Published 09th Aug 2007

  Council tax benefit is failing to provide adequate financial relief to low-income households, a cross-party committee of MPs has said this week..

• UK, Denmark and NZ most exposed to housing crash
  

  Published 09th Aug 2007

  Fitch Ratings said in a special report published recently that the economies of the UK, Denmark and New Zealand exhibit the greatest macroeconomic vulnerability to a combination of weakening property prices and rising interest rates..