Latest Property News

• Decline of the High Street: A quarter are failing as fast-food chains and 'pound shops' dominate
  

  Published 17th Jun 2011

  The divide between the best and worst town centres is growing as a quarter of high streets in the UK fail with fast food chains and pound shops dominating

• Homes that leak energy by not insulating roofs must pay more tax, says Huhne
  

  Published 16th Jun 2011

  Families who reject green measures such as insulating their homes should be hit with higher council-tax bills, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has urged

• RBS takes control of £1 billion Marriott portfolio
  

  Published 15th Jun 2011

  Royal Bank of Scotland has taken control of 42 Marriott hotels across Britain and has appointed Ernst & Young as receivers of the 1 billion pound ($1.64 billion) portfolio, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday

• Finding it hard renting a house? It's cheaper to buy in four out of five British cities
  

  Published 15th Jun 2011

  Low interest rates and house price falls have made it cheaper to buy a home than to rent one in four out of five British cities, research indicated today

• Estate agents sell just one home a week on average as property market struggles
  

  Published 14th Jun 2011

  Estate agents are selling an average of only one property a week as the housing slump worsens, a report says today

• UK mortgage market is moving again
  

  Published 10th Jun 2011

  After countless tales of impossible lending criteria and entry-level buyers being locked out of the market, it seems competition and good deals are finally coming back to the UK mortgage industry, with the major banks cutting interest rates and LTV ratios and first-time buyers responding positively

• Two-year mortgage rates hit record low for some buyers
  

  Published 10th Jun 2011

  Interest rates on new two-year fixed mortgage deals for buyers with healthy deposits fell to their lowest since records began in May, data showed on Thursday, offering some relief for hard-pressed house buyers