Latest Property News

• The 1.99% home loan: Fixed mortgages reach record average low as house prices continue to fall
  

  Published 06th Oct 2011

  Fixed two-year mortgage deals have reached a record low of 3.82 per cent on average, it was revealed today

• Euro zone lenders dominate UK property - Savills
  

  Published 04th Oct 2011

  Three quarters of banks actively lending for bigger-ticket UK commercial property deals in the quarter to end-September are based in the euro zone, with lenders and insurance companies likely to play a greater role, research showed

• DP World to invest another $1 billion on London Gateway
  

  Published 04th Oct 2011

  Ports operator DP World DPW.DI will invest another $1 billion in the London Gateway project over the next three years, it said on Tuesday, adding the new port centre will be operational by the fourth quarter of 2013

• Premium for city living at record high
  

  Published 04th Oct 2011

  The premium that homebuyers are required to pay to live in one of the UK's cities has risen to its highest level on record, according to new Halifax research

• Exclusive - RBS £1.4 billion property loan sale may fail
  

  Published 03rd Oct 2011

  A 1.4 billion pound deal between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and Blackstone (BX.N) to rid the bank of some of its troubled property loans may fail, robbing the industry of a template for similar transactions, three sources said

• House prices fall for 15th month in a row - Hometrack
  

  Published 03rd Oct 2011

  Further evidence of a double dip in the housing market is published today in a survey by property data specialist Hometrack, which revealed that prices fell by 0.1% in September, the 15th consecutive month of price falls

• Council tax freeze to save families £800m as Osborne seeks to ease burden on households
  

  Published 03rd Oct 2011

  Council tax is to be frozen again next year, the Chancellor will announce today, as the Government attempts to ease the financial strain on households