Latest Property News

• Crowne Plaza Cambridge to be sold for £35m
  

  Published 09th Aug 2011

  The Crowne Plaza in Cambridge has been put up for sale for £35m by Grant Thornton, the administrators of the Quinn Group

• Barratt puts feelers out for loans sale
  

  Published 08th Aug 2011

  Housebuilder Barratt Developments (BDEV.L) said it is in early talks with investors to sell part of its shared equity mortgage book, a set of loans which might whet the appetites of private equity or banks

• Property market horror as 827,000 households are now in negative equity
  

  Published 08th Aug 2011

  Some 827,000 households were in negative equity in the first quarter of 2011, where the value of their home had dropped to less than their outstanding mortgage, new figures have revealed

• E:ON becomes latest energy giant to hike prices with an 18% increase on gas
  

  Published 05th Aug 2011

  E:ON has become the latest energy company to announce a massive price hike for British customers

• House prices rise in July but outlook muted
  

  Published 05th Aug 2011

  House prices rose 0.3 percent last month, but the housing market is unlikely to see much further improvement in the rest of this year, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday

• Growing regional divide in UK commercial property market
  

  Published 05th Aug 2011

  Increasing regional variation in the UK's commercial property market became apparent during the three months to June, as London's real estate strongly outperformed the rest of the UK, according to a new report

• UK average monthly property rent soars to highest on record
  

  Published 04th Aug 2011

  The buy to let property market in the UK has seen a huge boost as gross rental yields for landlords averaged 4.75% in the past quarter, beating equities and cash for growth