Latest Property News

• 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)

• Stamp duty crackdown: Osborne targets loophole for property placed offshore
  

  Published 24th Jan 2012

  A crackdown on tax avoidance centred on hundreds of billions of pounds of property placed offshore is expected to be unveiled within months

• 'An Englishman's home IS his castle': Millionaire wins right to ban planning inspectors from nosing round his home
  

  Published 24th Jan 2012

  It is a country estate of such beauty that it inspired the composition of one of our best loved hymns

• Repossessions set to soar as obscure EU clause means those in arrears for just three months will default on loans
  

  Published 23rd Jan 2012

  Homeowners could face soaring mortgage costs because of an obscure EU directive being pushed through the European Parliament