Latest Property News

• BUDGET 2011: Government's new enterprise zones - full list of locations
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2011

  The government has confirmed plans to set up 21 enterprise zones across the UK

• Council tax to be frozen or reduced in every part of England since its launch in 1993
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2011

  Council tax is to be frozen or reduced in every local authority area in England this year, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today

• US apartment demand soars as families downsize
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2011

  The US housing crisis has no doubt changed the face of the American property market forever, but that's not necessarily a bad thing

• RBS sells Spanish property portfolio to Perella
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2011

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) is selling a 286 million euro (247 million pounds) portfolio of Spanish real estate loans and assets to Perella Weinberg as part of plans by the bailed-out British bank to dispose of non-core assets

• FSA rethinks mortgage affordability proposals
  

  Published 22nd Mar 2011

  The Financial Services Authority has made a key concession to lenders by admitting that its rules on how homebuyers should be assessed for a mortgage may be too stringent

• Punch Taverns to sell 2,000 sites in major restructuring
  

  Published 22nd Mar 2011

  Chef & Brewer owner Punch Taverns will offload more than 2,000 sites in a major restructuring at the UK's biggest pubs company

• US Home prices plummet near nine-year low due to foreclosure glut and short sales
  

  Published 22nd Mar 2011

  The resale value of U.S