Latest Property News

• Desperate home sellers slash record amounts off house prices to generate a sale
  

  Published 08th Feb 2012

  Over a third of properties currently up for sale have been reduced in price at least once since coming on to the market, research has revealed

• First-time buyers struggle to get on property ladder due to lack of 'first-time sellers'
  

  Published 08th Feb 2012

  A lack of ‘first-time sellers’ is severely limiting the availability of affordable homes for first-time buyers, as those who bought in recent years cannot afford to move up the ladder, a new report says

• Shop vacancies stabilise at 14.3% but worse to come in 2012
  

  Published 07th Feb 2012

  Shop vacancy rates have stabilised at 14.3% but the number of empty retail units is expected to rise again this year as consumers increasingly move away from the high street

• Nationwide: House prices dipped 0.2% in January and will be stuck 'sideways' this year
  

  Published 02nd Feb 2012

  House prices managed to remain fairly steady in January, despite challenging economic conditions and the UK economy contracting in the final three months of 2011, according to Nationwide figures

• Sign of the times: It's now cheaper to own a home than rent as mortgage rates keep tumbling
  

  Published 28th Jan 2012

  If you own your home you are now almost £1,400 a year better off than someone renting, a study revealed yesterday

• Cost of moving home rockets by 70% to almost £9,000 as estate agency fees and stamp duty rises put strain on families
  

  Published 27th Jan 2012

  The cost of moving house has soared by 70 per cent in the last 10 years and now stands at £9,000

• UK house sales fell by 11k last year to one of the lowest totals on record, HMRC reveals
  

  Published 24th Jan 2012

  The UK housing market struggled again last year as just 869,000 residential properties were sold, according to figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)