Latest Property News

• US property prices up for third month in a row
  

  Published 04th Aug 2011

  Residential property prices in the United States increased 0.7% in June compared with the previous month but the real estate sales market has slowed considerably in the last year

• Bank leaves monetary policy unchanged
  

  Published 04th Aug 2011

  The Bank of England left interest rates at 0.5 percent on Thursday and kept the option of more quantitative easing up its sleeve should the economy weaken further

• British Land's Q1 asset values, profit rise
  

  Published 04th Aug 2011

  Property investor British Land (BLND.L) posted a rise in first-quarter net asset value (NAV) on the back of its 1.1 billion pounds development programme, and said it expects acquisitions to drive income and value returns

• Taylor Wimpey drives margins, sees stable market
  

  Published 03rd Aug 2011

  Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey (TW.L) reported a rise in first-half margins and profit and predicted a stable housing market, despite economic conditions forecast to be tough for the remainder of the year

• Fast-track move to evict bad neighbours with a track record of anti-social behaviour
  

  Published 03rd Aug 2011

  Neighbours from hell are to be turfed out of their homes using new powers for residents, landlords and councils, ministers will say today

• Luxury property booms in London with £3.7m average price as rest of UK slumps
  

  Published 02nd Aug 2011

  Prices of luxury homes in the capital are soaring – while slumping in the rest of the country

• Record fine for developer who bulldozed £1m Victorian property without permission
  

  Published 01st Aug 2011

  A record £80,000 fine has been handed to an investor who bulldozed his own £1million 165-year-old house without permission