Latest Property News

• Bury is top property hotspot: Lower prices mean sales in the North outperform the South
  

  Published 14th Oct 2011

  The Greater Manchester town of Bury is the unlikely property hotspot of 2011 with sales in the small town up a mammoth 44 per cent over the first six months of the year, according to data

• Construction output 'collapse' stokes fears of new recession
  

  Published 14th Oct 2011

  Construction output recorded a modest increase in August but was lower compared to the same period last year, new figures revealed on Friday

• House prices up in August - DCLG
  

  Published 12th Oct 2011

  House prices rose by 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in August, the biggest rise since March, government data showed on Tuesday

• UK mortgage market picks up in September
  

  Published 07th Oct 2011

  Residential mortgage valuation activity picked up pace in September, according to the latest Housing Market Activity Report by survey and valuation specialists Connells

• UK govt pledges to release land for 100,000 new homes by 2015
  

  Published 07th Oct 2011

  Up to 100,000 new homes will be built in the UK by 2015 as the government speeds up plans to release formerly used public land for development, it is claimed

• High Street names given green light to take on the law firms with cut-price legal services
  

  Published 06th Oct 2011

  A change to the legal regime will allow banks, supermarkets and other businesses to offer lawyer services for the first time from today

• Big squeeze to keep lid on house prices, says Halifax, as values slip 0.5% in September
  

  Published 06th Oct 2011

  The big squeeze will keep a lid on house prices for the rest of the year at least, Halifax has forecast, as it revealed another 0.5 per cent dip in September