Latest Property News

• House price drop slows further in March - RICS
  

  Published 12th Apr 2011

  The decline in house prices in England and Wales slowed further in March, with prices in London rising for a second straight month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Tuesday

• Citigroup tower for sale for more than £1bn
  

  Published 11th Apr 2011

  The Citigroup tower in Canary Wharf, one of Britain's tallest buildings, has been put up for sale for more than £1bn

• Rise in first-time buyer numbers pushes up mortgage lending
  

  Published 08th Apr 2011

  A small improvement in the mortgage market in February was driven by an increase in the number of first-time buyers, figures revealed today

• House prices inch higher in March - Halifax
  

  Published 06th Apr 2011

  House prices in Britain returned to modest growth in March after a fall in the previous month, although worries about the economy and household finances are likely to push prices lower in 2011, Halifax said Wednesday

• Record £7 billion injection in housing equity in Q4
  

  Published 04th Apr 2011

  Britons put a record 7 billion pounds of equity into their homes in the fourth quarter of the year as record-low interest rates encouraged homeowners to pay down debt, Bank of England data showed on Monday

• Construction sector grows robustly in March
  

  Published 04th Apr 2011

  Britain's construction sector grew faster than expected last month, notching a rate of expansion that almost matched the February's eight-month high, data showed on Monday

• Taylor Wimpey has war chest worth £300m
  

  Published 01st Apr 2011

  Taylor Wimpey was last night sitting on a £300m war chest to buy land in the UK after selling its North American operations for £595m