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27 2008
Mortgage market to drop 'below zero' in 2009
The housing market could become far worse in 2009 than it has been throughout the previous...

Government 'should stop right-to-buy'
The government has been called upon to place a ban on the council house tenant...

Kent to benefit from 5,000 new homes
First-time buyers in the south-east will be pleased to hear that plans for 5,000 new homes...

Buy-to-let mortgage defaults rising
The number of buy-to-let landlords who are now falling behind on their mortgage repayments...

'£20k now required for first home'
First-time buyers are now required to put down deposits of £20,000 on their new...

2010 could 'see market bounce back'
The property market should bounce back in value in 2010, said asset management company...

As emigration rises, property could continue to tumble
Almost one in four Brits are considering selling up and leaving the country as a result of...

Ireland property to drop 60%
Spending on Irish property is set to have dropped a full 60 per cent by the end of the...

Asking prices drop 7% in one fortnight
Homeowners have dropped their asking prices by an average of £17,000 in just two...

26 2008
Pre-budget report 'to stimulate market', says Rics
The chancellor's pre-Budget report should lead to a boost in confidence in the housing...

Worldwide house prices tumble for first time
Global house price figures recorded negative growth for the first time on record in the...

House prices to drop a quarter, government admits
The Treasury has suggested in the pre-Budget report that house prices are likely to see an...

Property owners let down by pre-budget report
Owners of empty property will still be charged tax if their property has a rateable value...

Mortgage lending on the rise but slowing, says BBA
The British Banker's Association (BBA) has published figures demonstrating the slowing...

25 2008
Second home owners 'own a small propportion of their property'
A third of all second homeowners in the UK have mortgages of 75 per cent or more, leaving...

Government asked to provide help for landlords
The government has had renewed calls to provide more regulation to support the private...

Multimillion pound sale falls through for banker
Some of London's most sought-after property has become exposed to the ongoing financial...

22 2008
Chancellor called upon for housing assistance
The House Builders Federation (HBF) has requested assistance from the chancellor, Alistair...

Homeowners experiencing 'forced downsizing'
Research from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has found that a...

Repossessions jump 12% in quarter
The number of repossessions recorded in the third quarter of the year experienced a sharp...

21 2008
DMGT latest housing casualty
The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) announced yesterday (November 20th) it has...

Londoners granted 50,000 new homes
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced investment plans to create 50,000 new homes in...

Negative equity risk to buy-to-let property
Around 40 per cent of buy-to-let mortgages will experience negative equity by the middle...

20 2008
Buy-to-let 'not dead yet'
Investment in property is still attracting many buyers despite falling house prices and...

Housing transactions on the up in October
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has published figures showing housing...

British Land sees property drop 11%
The property portfolio of developer British Land has fallen in value by 10.8 per cent in...

19 2008
Property in Edinburgh falls 11%
House prices in Edinburgh have now fallen 11 per cent in a year, research has concluded....

NLA comments on 'reluctant landlord'
The National Landlord's Association (NLA) has commented on the phenomenon of the...

Rents tumbling as property supply rises
Research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) Wales has found that...

18 2008
Rent could drop as buy-to-let grows
Both interest rates and house prices are dropping at present, creating what should be a...

Top London homes fall 11.5% in quarter
New homes in some of London's most sought-after locations have fallen by a massive 11.5...

Asking prices tumble
Average asking prices have fallen 7.1 per cent in the past 12 months, it has been...

14 2008
Lower rates 'could mean expanded portfolios'
The Bank of England's move to slash interest rates could result in an expansion in the...

Further problems reported from housing crash
UK property website Rightmove has reported its own turmoil experienced from the housing...

Rics reports rising confidence in market
The mood among property professionals appears to be gaining in confidence regarding the...

London prices may be 'past the worst'
House prices in London could soon be on the rise once more, it has been suggested by one...

Scotland homes drop 4%
The Scottish House Price Monitor has recorded property values falling by four per cent in...

Private landlords backed by CML
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has given its support to private landlords by...

12 2008
First-time buyers increasingly reliant on family
Nearly half of all first-time buyers are now reliant on family members for cash to pay the...

Ireland home to 'worst property returns'
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has named the Irish property market...

Housing misery spreads to more sectors
Johnston Press has reported a significant drop in revenue as a result of a lack of demand...

11 2008
Rics research highlights lengthy property woes
House prices in the UK look set to be facing a downturn for a considerable amount of time...

House sales remain bleak
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has published figures demonstrating...

Mortgage costs drop following Bank move
High street mortgage lenders are increasingly falling into line over the 1.5 per cent drop...

Government records 5% decline in house prices
House price figures from September show a 5.1 per cent fall in the average value of a...

Landlords making the most of downturn
Around 20 per cent of British landlords are currently looking to invest further in the...

08 2008
Interest in property may be resurging
LaSalle Investment Management (LIM) has confirmed plans to raise £400 million to...

07 2008
Future house prices rises 'will be sharp'
The current stagnation of the housing market is more to do with the inability to buy or...

Bank of England slashes rates
The Bank of England yesterday (November 6th) slashed interest rates by a third, taking...

05 2008
Affordable homes slipping from reach
Waiting lists for affordable housing have grown by two-thirds in the top ten areas for...

Cheaper homes underway in Wales
Construction of 6,500 new homes has begun in Wales as the Assembly government begins its...

Homeowners and agents should utilise the web
As the process of selling a home becomes increasingly difficult homeowners and estate...

04 2008
Quarter of a million homes left empty
Recent research conducted by Halifax building society has found that there are 279,281...

2009 set to be difficult year for private landlords
A Times report published on Monday (November 3rd) has outlined various key issues in...

Stoke-on-Trent property value rising
Stoke-on-Trent is managing to buck the trend of sharply falling house prices across the...

London properties fall almost 4pc
London homes are now beginning to fall in line with the overall price drops recorded in...

Confidence in housing falling sharply
Just one third (33 per cent) of Brits are now relying on the equity in their homes for...

Buy-to-let homes may flood the market following license
Private landlords may be required to pay £50 for a permit or license before being...

02 2008
Property values drop by over salary levels
Average house prices fell by more in the past year than most Brits earn in the same...

New means of buying could invigorate market
A recently launched property auction website could be useful in creating a more confident...