Slump visable for estate agent signsTimes 7 May 2008 For those who, like me, use estate agents’ boards as an informal indicator of what is going on in the market, the downturn is visible on the streets. Read more
Property prices decline, construction contractsBloomberg 2 May 2008 May 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. house prices posted the first annual decline since 1996 in April as mortgage lending dried up and the construction industry shrank the most in almost a decade, industry reports showed. Read more
New-build market collapsesGuardian 2 May 2008 Reservations of newbuild houses and flats have collapsed by two-thirds this spring due to the lack of mortgage availability, according to confidential industry data. Read more
First year on year fall since 1996Guardian 30 April 2008 House prices have fallen by 1% over the past 12 months, the first year-on-year fall since March 1996, the UK's largest building society said today. Read more
Inside track go into administrationGuardian 29 April 2008 Inside Track, the company that spearheaded the buy-to-let investment boom, is to go into administration early this morning. Read more
Property Market: First PersonTelegraph 29 April 2008 Everybody's claiming poverty nowadays, which is annoying for those of us who were there years ago, leading the fashion. Suddenly we don't look so cutting edge in our charity-shop outfits, and our moving tales of hardship are drowned out in the general chorus. Read more
Anston house tree felling to go to courtAlex Coxall 29 April 2008 Brighton and Hove council have announced that they will be persuing the prosecution of Bridgetown Properties after their alleged felling of protected trees during the Anston House redevelopment. Read more