UK Property News Archive

  • Hoogstraten released M & G On-line 6 Feb. 2008 A Zimbabwe court on Tuesday ordered the release of a controversial British property tycoon who was arrested last week for breaching foreign-exchange laws and possessing pornography, his lawyer said. Read more
  • Entrepreneur targets young market The Journal 28 Jan. 2008 A YOUNG entrepreneur hopes to become a millionaire within five years after setting up a new property investment company aimed at young people. Read more
  • Hoogstraten arrested in Zimbabwe The Journal 28 Jan. 2008 British property developer Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been arrested in Zimbabwe, according to local media. Read more
  • ACT BLOG: Doom or imagination 26 Jan. 2008 We are entering a recession, a time of slump, negative equity and all round general doom. We have decided that house prices are going down and they are. We are walking happily into the breech of economic collapse. But why? Read more
  • Two million brits own second home Home Move 26 Jan. 2008 Research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that over 2 million people own a second home in Britain. Read more
  • The cost of going green Times On-line 26 Jan. 2008 Can’t build a new home from scratch? Don’t despair: there are plenty of ways to make your existing house green. And, although payback times are long, government grants will cover part of the costs Read more
  • Man hides castle Reuters 25 Jan. 2008 LONDON (Reuters) - A farmer built an entire mock castle behind a screen of hay bales and lived there concealed for four years to evade planning regulations, officials said on Friday -- but it may be torn down anyway. Read more
  • Brighton most popular 25 Jan. 2008 Brighton has been the most sought after property region across the month of January, experts have claimed. According to research by propertyfinder.com the coastal town has been the subject of the most searches for the month to date with Manchester coming in second place. Read more
  • Anston-and-on 24 Jan. 2008 Brighton and Hove Council are investigating yet another damaged tree at the Anston House redevelopment. Despite a Tree protection Order (TPO) existing on the Lime tree, the soil level around its trunk was altered to such an extent that the council ruled it unstable. Read more
  • Green Mortgages on the up hotproperty.co.uk 24 Jan. 2008 Green mortgages are becoming more popular than ever, the Ecology Building Society has said. Read more