Latest Property News

• UK house prices 'will hit all-time high by 2015' with average prices climbing by 14%
  

  Published 19th Aug 2011

  The price of an average house will rise 14 per cent over the next four years, reaching the highest ever recorded in Britain, a report will say today

• Mortgage lending falls 6% year-on-year
  

  Published 18th Aug 2011

  Gross mortgage lending fell marginally in July, dropping 1% to £12.6bn from the £12.68bn advanced in June, according to latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)

• David Cameron announces 11 new enterprise zones
  

  Published 17th Aug 2011

  David Cameron today announced a second wave on Enterprise Zones that ministers said could create up to 30,000 new jobs by 2015

• Balfour Beatty profit, order book rises
  

  Published 17th Aug 2011

  Infrastructure contractor Balfour Beatty (BALF.L) said first-half underlying pretax profit rose 4 percent, in line with expectations and lifted by a one-off gain from the sale of investments

• UK property prices creeping up, according to govt data
  

  Published 16th Aug 2011

  Seasonally adjusted residential property prices in the UK increased 0.6% in June and are now just 2% down year on year, according to the latest figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government published today (Tuesday 16 August)

• Rural broadband set for £362m boost
  

  Published 16th Aug 2011

  Millions of Britons living in rural areas are set to benefit from faster internet speeds after the government allocated £362m to improve broadband connections in England and Scotland

• Rapid rise in property values cause for worry-fund
  

  Published 15th Aug 2011

  A rebound in commercial property values has been egged on by a "lack of caution," with investors ignoring the global economic revival's multi-speed nature, making good value deals harder to find, LaSalle Investment Management said