Latest Property News

• HIPs report paints a different picture
  

  Published 05th May 2007

  A report released earlier this week by the House of Lords has suggested that the government’s management of HIPs has destroyed any ounce of confidence the country might have had in them

• ‘Contradictory’ Conservatives slam HIPs
  

  Published 04th May 2007

  Speaking to BBC Radio 4's The World at One programme, shadow housing minister Michael Gove said that many within the property market believe that Hips will create greater "complexity" and add cost to the buying and selling process

• UK house prices top £100k mark everywhere
  

  Published 24th Apr 2007

  Every town in Britain now has an average house price of over £100,000, new research has shown

• Green taxes ‘will not stop people buying in France’
  

  Published 17th Apr 2007

  Plans by the Conservative Party to bring in new ‘green’ taxes for people who fly frequently are unlikely to deter people from buying a property in France, according to a poll carried out by FrenchEntrée.com

• Do you trust your Bank?
  

  Published 16th Apr 2007

  Barclays is the least trusted of the ‘Big 5’ high street banks according to the latest research

• Home sweet home…forever?
  

  Published 12th Apr 2007

  First-time buyers faced a 204% hike in average house prices over the decade to 2005, a new report has shown

• Britons waste billions in Inheritance Tax
  

  Published 02nd Apr 2007

  According to Unbiased.co.uk, the website promoting the benefits of independent financial advice, the overall amount of inheritance tax payments totalled £3.5 billion last year, including £1.5 billion in avoidable payments