Latest Property News

• House prices up 2.2% in March alone - but experts say stamp duty holiday and low transactions distort figures
  

  Published 04th Apr 2012

  House prices jumped 2.2 per cent in March as first-time buyers rushed to get on the property ladder before the end of a stamp duty holiday, the latest Halifax survey suggests

• Buy-to-let landlords face tougher times as rents dip and mortgage costs rise
  

  Published 04th Apr 2012

  Landlords are facing a tougher time as rents have dipped and the cost of mortgages has risen

• Drivers may be forced to pay £288 a year just to park at work under 'stealth tax'
  

  Published 02nd Apr 2012

  Drivers could be forced to pay £288 a year just to park their cars at work as a new 'stealth tax' stalks employees across Britain

• Mortgage approvals unexpectedly fall
  

  Published 30th Mar 2012

  Approvals for home loans fell unexpectedly in February to their lowest in eight months, official data showed on Thursday, suggesting a recent modest pick-up in the housing market is fizzling out

• House prices suffer first annual fall for six months as stamp duty hangover kicks in
  

  Published 29th Mar 2012

  House prices are falling again annually as the temporary boost delivered by the stamp duty rush vanished and property values dipped one per cent in March

• Court issues warning over planning rules shake-up as new system is set to given the green light
  

  Published 27th Mar 2012

  Dramatic reform of Britain’s planning system is to be given the green light today - despite bitter opposition from the National Trust and conservation groups

• Housing market seen fragile for next 2 years - Reuters poll
  

  Published 24th Mar 2012

  Britain's housing market will remain fragile over the next couple of years, with prices likely to fall a little by the end of this year before picking up modestly in 2013, a quarterly Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday