Latest Property News

• RICS call for end to stamp duty to 'increase accessibility' for first-time-buyers
  

  Published 02nd Jul 2008

  The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for a change to stamp duty to reduce barriers for first-time-buyers

• Taylor Wimpey unable to raise cash
  

  Published 02nd Jul 2008

  Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has failed to raise the extra capital it said it would seek just two days ago, citing tough market conditions, and it announced its finance director would leave the company

• Seven in 10 new houses 'faulty'
  

  Published 27th Jun 2008

  Seven in 10 buyers of newly-built homes found faults with the property, according to a study by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

• Mortgage approvals slump to record low
  

  Published 26th Jun 2008

  The number of new mortgages approved by British banks tumbled by a fifth last month to the lowest figure for more than 10 years

• Energy bills could rise by 40%, suppliers warn
  

  Published 26th Jun 2008

  Senior executives from Britain's leading energy companies yesterday warned householders to prepare for further sharp rises in gas and electricity bills

• UK landlords ‘picking up the slack'
  

  Published 25th Jun 2008

  The UK's rental market is booming, which is great news for BTL investors, argues one company..

• Donald Trump says UK will avoid worst of property plunge
  

  Published 23rd Jun 2008

  Donald Trump, the property developer seeking to build a £1 billion golf course on environmentally sensitive sand dunes in Scotland, has predicted that Britain's housing market will not suffer the same fate as the homes market in the United States because there has been far less over-building in the UK