UK Property News Archive

  • Brighton happiest place to live Argus 30 May 2008 Brighton is the happiest place to live in the UK, according to a survey published today. Read more
  • Nationwide report fastest fall since 1991 Guardian 29 May 2008 The decline in the housing market accelerated this month with prices falling at their fastest rate since the recession of the early 1990s. Read more
  • April shows stability Finance Markets 29 May 2008 Estate agents are reporting evidence of a return to housing market stability in certain regions of the UK. Read more
  • Spaniard raffles house Reuters 27 May 2008 MADRID (Reuters) - An unemployed Spanish real estate agent is selling raffle tickets in a bid to get rid of his 320,000-euro (255-pound) apartment near Madrid because he is unable to keep up with his mortgage payments and cannot sell it. Read more
  • Green rating waste of energy Telegraph 27 May 2008 Adam Dadeby did everything right when he improved his home to save on energy consumption. Since moving into his three-bedroom Victorian terrace in Stoke Newington 10 years ago, he has spent thousands of pounds "retro-greening" it. Read more
  • Homeowners turn to letting as yields increase Alex Coxall 23 May 2008 Homeowners are increasingly letting their properties to take advantage of rising yields. New instructions to let property increased significantly in the first quarter of 2008 research by RICS revealed. Read more
  • Nationwide mortgage lending drops 40% Guardian 22 May 2008 The value of new mortgages advanced by the UK's largest building society fell by 40% last year as "unprecedented market conditions" led it to scale back on lending. Read more
  • ACT BLOG: ASBOgeddon Alex Coxall 21 May 2008 Society is on the brink of collapse. Children are turning feral; raised by Playstation, fuelled by cannabis and draped in hoods. The youth are out of control and at any moment one more broken window will tip us into “bellum omni contra omnes.” Read more
  • Which? investigation questions HIPs Which? 21 May 2008 A Which? investigation has found few signs that home information packs (Hips) are making it easier and cheaper to sell a property. Read more
  • CML predict house price fall Times 21 May 2008 Conditions in the UK housing market will "get worse before they get better", with mortgage lending expected to fall by 21 per cent this year while house prices will decline by 7 per cent. Read more
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