Latest Property News

• Shake-up in planning rules 'would open the door to a wind farm free-for-all'
  

  Published 17th Sep 2011

  The countryside could be studded with wind farms if planning reforms go ahead, it was claimed last night

• Summer slide in house prices pushing sellers to put off until Autumn, surveyors report
  

  Published 13th Sep 2011

  The number of surveyors reporting house price falls increased last month with fears for the economy overtaking a lack of mortgage availability as the main reason for the slide, according to RICS

• London's hotspot property prices to double - report
  

  Published 09th Sep 2011

  Property prices in some central London hotspots are set to more than double by 2016, driven up by a mix of factors including volatile financial markets and major new transport projects such as Crossrail, according to a report from estate agency Knight Frank

• Shop vacancies stable at 14.5 percent
  

  Published 08th Sep 2011

  Shop vacancy rates stabilised at 14.5 percent in the first half of 2011, although the gap between the best and worst performing towns widened, a report said on Thursday

• Redrow's Morgan slams planning reform critics
  

  Published 08th Sep 2011

  The head of homebuilder Redrow lambasted the "selfish attitude" of critics vying to block an overhaul of the building planning system that will enable more affordable homes to be built in the UK

• House prices drop 1.2 percent in August - Halifax
  

  Published 07th Sep 2011

  House prices fell 1.2 percent in August, mortgage lender Halifax said on Wednesday

• German property fund to offload London portfolio
  

  Published 07th Sep 2011

  A German property fund plans to sell a London office portfolio that includes Deutsche Bank's (DBKGn.DE) head office in the capital for about 1 billion pounds, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters