ACT BLOG: Bye-to-letAlex Coxall 9 Nov. 2007 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear could buy-to-let be crashing down around investors ears? This long time tenant sure hopes so. It is starting to look like not just any two bit chancer with money and couple of episodes of Property Ladder under their belt can get a reduced (don’t get me started) buy-to-let mortgage, rent out a property and within two shakes own a veritable Monopoly board. Read more
House prices continue to fallGuardian 8 Nov. 2007 House prices in the UK fell for the second month running in October, the UK's largest mortgage lender said today, in a further sign the market may be grinding to a halt. Read more
3 Million new houses to be builtAlex Coxall 8 Nov. 2007 To combat the current housing crisis the government have announced their intentions to build 3 million homes by 2020 with a priority on social and eco-housing. Read more
Property in London: IslingtonTelegraph 8 Nov. 2007 When England won the World Cup, the most expensive house in Islington cost £28,000. As Mary Wilson reports, you'll need a bit more now Read more
Property firms warn of price fallIndependent 7 Nov. 2007 The global credit crisis has already had a serious impact on both the residential and commercial property markets and the problems will continue, two of Britain's biggest property companies warned yesterday.
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Boom town becomes blackspotGuardian 7 Nov. 2007 Property Study shows Winchester as the market's worst performer
Robert Booth The Guardian Monday November 5 2007
Nestled on the edge of the rolling South Downs, with a cathedral and public school at its heart, Winchester is a city that is often regarded as one of the most desirable in Britain. But residents are facing up to an uncomfortable truth: it is the country's worst property blackspot. Read more
No more deeds on lineAlex Coxall 7 Nov. 2007 Due to public concern about fraud the Land Registry will no longer make documents such as mortgage leases and deeds available digitally. Members of the public that want access to these documents will have to apply in writing to the Land Registry. Read more
ACT BLOG: Property TVAlex Coxall 6 Nov. 2007 Whether television is a reflection of our national obsessions or a cause of them is unclear, but the truth is that if we did not watch a programme it would eventually go away. If however we do watch it, it will spawn copies of itself all subtly different but with the same genetic structure. This has always been the case, at some point several years ago our nation’s twin addictions of television and property were merged to form a virulent televisual illness whose symptoms we are still suffering to this day. Read more
Repossessions will RiseAlex Coxall 6 Nov. 2007 The Council of Mortgage Lenders have predicted the number of residential repossessions will rise to 45,000 in 2008, a 50 per cent increase on the total 2007 figures. This is been driven by tighter lending conditions and five interest rate rises since last August. Consumers are struggling to keep up repayments. Read more
House price predictions favour slow growthFinance Markets 5 Nov. 2007 An abundance of predictions for the 2008 housing market have left most homeowners confused because they range from expectations of a single digit increase, to a housing market crash.
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