Latest Property News

• Lloyds to sell £1 billion of property loans - sources
  

  Published 20th Sep 2011

  Part-nationalised bank Lloyds has launched the sale of a portfolio of commercial property loans worth 1 billion pounds, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday

• Gross mortgage lending highest since July 2009 - CML
  

  Published 20th Sep 2011

  Gross mortgage lending in Britain last month rose to its highest level in more than two years, rebounding from July's weak reading to stand 10 percent higher than a year ago, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Tuesday

• What downturn? House prices rise by £100 each WEEK as confidence returns to property market
  

  Published 19th Sep 2011

  The cost of homes in Britain has soared since the start of this year by approximately £100 a week, new research has revealed

• Gazanging is the new gazumping: Latest peril in buying a new home (and 54,000 have fallen victim this year)
  

  Published 19th Sep 2011

  Over the years, the ups and downs of the property market have spawned a whole host of perplexing terms

• Taylor Wimpey says sales tick up in recent weeks
  

  Published 19th Sep 2011

  Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey (TW.L) said sales rates in recent weeks have been encouraging, as the industry has benefited from a seasonal surge in home buying activity, and added it is on track to deliver on margin targets

• Leisure market prime yields drop to 6.25% Savills finds
  

  Published 19th Sep 2011

  The leisure market has experienced a sharp increase in investor demand which, combined with a lack of available product, has resulted in prime yields moving in by 50bps to 6.25% in the second quarter of 2011, Savills research has shown

• Jaguar commits to Wolverhampton
  

  Published 19th Sep 2011

  Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it will develop a £350m engine plant on the i54 business park in Wolverhampton, as tipped by Property Week