Latest Property News

• House prices fall for first time in nine months
  

  Published 26th Feb 2010

  House prices fell by 1% in February bringing to an end nine months of rising prices, figures from the UK's largest building society showed today

• Barratt and Travis Perkins offer mixed message on house market
  

  Published 25th Feb 2010

  Two of the biggest bellwethers of the housing market yesterday provided mixed messages on the recovery of the UK property sector

• Skipton defends controversial mortgage rate hike from March
  

  Published 25th Feb 2010

  Skipton Building Society today defended its controversial decision to hike its standard variable mortgage rate as 'prudent', despite announcing a rise in annual profits

• Santander gives first-time buyers new hope
  

  Published 24th Feb 2010

  Santander will today open its doors to first-time buyers of new-build property for the first time since the banking crisis began

• London Town pub group calls in administrators
  

  Published 20th Feb 2010

  Management at pub group London Town have struck a pre-pack deal with administrators from PricewaterhouseCoopers that will see them jettison 44 properties from the 350-strong business in a move creating uncertainty for many tenant families living above the unwanted pubs

• OFT clears path for Google to take on estate agents
  

  Published 19th Feb 2010

  The consumer watchdog today recommended relaxing rules for new entrants such as Google and Tesco to offer rival property search websites that will compete with traditional estate agents

• Mortgage lending slumps to 10-year low as stamp duty holiday comes to an end
  

  Published 18th Feb 2010

  Mortgage lending dived to a 10-year low last month as the housing market slumped following the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, figures showed today