Latest Property News

• FSA closes down illegal investment scheme
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  The Financial Services Authority has stepped in to close down a scheme that conned thousands of investors out of almost 70 million pounds

• Nationwide raises mortgage rates
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  The volatility of the mortgage market has continued with another change in rates by a major lender

• Canada still going strong
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  Canada came 12th in Knight Frank’s recently released Global House Price Index with huge annualised price growth of 6.1%

• Abbey raises mortgage rates
  

  Published 04th Jun 2008

  Abbey has raised rates on some fixed-rate mortgages by up to 0.44 percent on the back of rising borrowing costs, just a week after announcing more rate cuts to lure new customers

• Intermediaries create "choice and competition"
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  As buyers struggle to find the best mortgage deal, the answer may lie with intermediaries who provide consumers with a better choice and create competition, an industry expert has said

• Lender cuts cost of fixed-rate mortgage
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  First-time buyers and homeowners looking to re-mortgage could take advantage of a major lender's reduced fixed-rate mortgage deal

• Home improvement costs up by 20%
  

  Published 03rd Jun 2008

  With the housing market in the doldrums, more families than ever are looking to extend and improve their home rather than move