UK Property News Archive

  • No quick fix for mortgage crisis Telegraph 11 Sept. 2008 There is no quick fix for the mortgage crisis blighting the British economy, the Governor of Bank of England has warned. Read more
  • Cause for conCERN Alex Coxall 11 Sept. 2008 Well it is lunchtime and still no black holes or stringlet soup, it looks like those clever bods in Switzerland have not ended the world just yet. Sadly this means that I will have to pay my council tax after all and we are all going to have to deal with the oncoming recession. Read more
  • Agents sell one house a week Guardian 9 Sept. 2008 Estate agents are selling an average of just one home a week as the number of sales hits a 30-year low, according to a report today. Read more
  • No house price recovery until 2010 Finance Markets 9 Sept. 2008 The chief executive of HBOS, which owns Halifax, the UK’s largest mortgage lender, has warned that house prices are unlikely to begin a recovery before 2010. Read more
  • Act BLOG: The peasants are revolting Alex Coxall 5 Sept. 2008 Alex Coxall (BA, GCSE,200metres) carries out a subtle and extensive examination of life under the feudal system of the 17th Century comparing and contrasting it with life in his Brighton houseshare. Read more
  • ACT BLOG: Yes Darling, we're pissed Alex Coxall 4 Sept. 2008 A grey and dreary September has finally put the limping excuse for a summer out of its misery. With the cold harsh weather comes an equally pessimistic financial outlook for the country. Read more
  • Price fall biggest on record Guardian 4 Sept. 2008 House prices fell by 1.8% in August, bringing the average price of a property in the UK below the government's new stamp duty threshold, figures showed today. Read more
  • One Russian not feeling the crunch Daily Mail 3 Sept. 2008 A Russian tycoon has defied the property crash by spending nearly £10million to have a six-year-old seaside mansion demolished to make way for a bigger one. Read more
  • More Brown misery at recession alert Guardian 3 Sept. 2008 Gordon Brown's drive to save the housing market from collapse was undermined yesterday when the gamble to axe stamp duty for almost half of all property sales was quickly followed by dire predictions that the UK would be the only major economy to slip into recession this year. Read more
  • Don't build a house just print one out Alex Coxall 2 Sept. 2008 In the future, if you want a house built quickly, forget the builder’s cracks, wolf whistles and endless lunch breaks, just print your house. Read more