UK Property News Archive

  • Green ghostbusters Wired 8 April 2008 Far more than having a quick look in your loft and tinkering with your double glazing, this company from San Francisco use a dazzling array of technology to make houses greener. Read more
  • Brown dismisses property crash fear BBC 8 April 2008 Gordon Brown today dismissed fears of a crash in the housing market, as figures showed the biggest monthly fall in house prices since the early 1990s. Read more
  • House prices slide in March Guardian 7 April 2008 House prices fell by 2.5% during March, their biggest monthly fall since the 1990s housing crash, as the credit crunch and market jitters continued to deter homebuyers, the UK's biggest mortgage lender said today. Read more
  • Money to help vulnerable homeowners Alex Coxall 7 April 2008 Brighton and Hove has been allocated £18.6 million over the next three years to tackle the region’s worse housing conditions. Read more
  • Goodbye boom Guardian 7 April 2008 The credit crunch, which has been optimistically described as a financial sector problem, has hit home with a vengeance in the past few days, in the shape of a mortgage famine. Worried homebuyers have watched helplessly as attractive deals have been shut down because of huge demand, and at least 1.4 million people face the prospect of having to pay much more when their current cheap loans expire. Read more
  • Top ten tips for estate agents Telegraph 6 April 2008 This month, the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act will come into force, effectively strong-arming the 50 per cent of estate agents who have not joined one of the government-backed voluntary schemes into signing up. Read more
  • Homes overvalued by 30 percent Finance Markets 4 April 2008 A report published this week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that UK homes are overvalued by 30%. Read more
  • Bank of England predicts mortgage famine Daily Mail 3 April 2008 Top economists said today that interest rates could be slashed by up to two per cent over the next 18 months. Read more
  • House inflation rates fall Alex Coxall 3 April 2008 House price growth rate has slowed dramatically across the whole of the UK, reveals a report published today. Read more
  • Home owners in debt binge Evening Standard 2 April 2008 Homeowners have gone on a borrowing binge as cheap re-mortgaging deals dry up. Read more
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