Latest Property News

• Canary Wharf in danger of going bust - again
  

  Published 26th Mar 2009

  Canary Wharf has revealed that it is in danger of going bust for a second time

• Home buyers set for rise in legal fees as Abbey cuts ties to 7,000 solicitors
  

  Published 25th Mar 2009

  House buyers with one of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders face a big rise in legal fees because the Abbey National has ditched 7,000 solicitors from the panel that handles its conveyancing

• Council uses spyplane with thermal imaging camera to crack down on homes wasting energy
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2009

  A council has been using a spyplane with a thermal imaging camera to crack down on hundred of thousands of homes and businesses wasting energy

• Energy watchdog to halt poor price deals
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2009

  Ofgem, the energy regulator, today unveiled a package of proposals to ensure that power suppliers do not discriminate against certain customers by offering them bad deals with "unjustified price differences"

• Architect job losses soar as crunch hits construction
  

  Published 20th Mar 2009

  Architects are joining the ranks of benefit claimants at a faster rate than any other profession, according to a Guardian analysis of figures for the last 12 months

• Mortgage lending falls to eight-year low
  

  Published 19th Mar 2009

  Gross mortgage lending fell by 15% to an eight-year low in February as lenders struggled to raise funds to provide new mortgages, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said today

• Complaints against estate agents 'surprisingly' high
  

  Published 18th Mar 2009

  The number of complaints against estate agents has remained "surprisingly" high despite a dramatic drop in housing market activity, the ombudsman for estate agents has said