Latest Property News

• Number of house swappers 'rising'
  

  Published 15th Apr 2009

  The number of house sellers looking to swap as a means of selling their properties has risen since the start of the year, say classified ads websites

• 600 Britons in Spain may lose their homes in failed bank 'fraud'
  

  Published 13th Apr 2009

  Hundreds of Britons living in Spain are fighting to save their homes after becoming involved in an alleged multi-million-pound fraud involving the collapsed Icelandic bank Landsbanki

• Foxtons seeks debt-for-equity deal
  

  Published 13th Apr 2009

  Foxtons, the now cash-strapped estate agency that came to epitomise the London housing boom, is in talks with banks about a debt-for-equity swap that would see lenders agree to write off between £60m and £90m in return for taking a large stake in the company

• Lenders accused of dirty mortgage tricks
  

  Published 13th Apr 2009

  Halifax, Britain’s biggest lender, has been accused of undervaluing customers’ properties when they come to remortgage, forcing them on to more expensive deals

• Olympic 2012 village seeks £225m bailout from European Investment Bank
  

  Published 11th Apr 2009

  Olympic planners have been forced to seek public sector support to bail out a £1bn athletes' village project in east London, after a collapse in interest from private investors

• Bank leaves rates on hold as it considers impact of radical measures
  

  Published 10th Apr 2009

  The Bank of England paused for breath yesterday in its battle to combat the economic slump, pegging interest rates and staying its hand over any other changes in its aggressive recession-fighting strategy

• Retail landlords 'to cut costs'
  

  Published 07th Apr 2009

  Some of the UK's biggest landlords have agreed to a 10 point plan to help retailers reduce costs, the British Property Federation has said