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30 2008
Mortgages unavailable to brokers
Even mortgage brokers are now finding it more difficult than ever to secure home loans for...

Buy-to-letters weathering storm
Landlords who cashed in on property during the housing boom are not selling up despite the...

28 2008
UK mortgages rise in cost
Three of the UK's largest mortgage lenders raised their rates on borrowing following a...

3,000 homes on hold in finance struggle
Three thousand homes that were to make up a new town in east Devon have had to be delayed...

Value of a home continues to slide
House prices in England and Wales fell once again throughout August, dropping a...

26 2008
Strong rental market 'should be benefiting landlords'
The multiple forces at work in the housing market should be benefiting landlords across...

Buy-to-letters dropping in numbers
The boom in buy-to-let mortgages seen in the run-up to the credit crunch has taken a...

Buyers to save 'over a decade' for deposit
First-time buyers can expect to save for a decade and a half in order to purchase property...

25 2008
Lettings increase and purchases dwindle
New instructions to let property have been rising dramatically in the face of falling...

Price predictions 'futile' in volatile market
House prices are exposed to such a number of volatile factors that making short-term...

House sales drop again
The number of properties sold throughout the country during August dropped to not only the...

23 2008
Rental property demand booms
The credit crunch has led to a sharp rise in the demand for rental property, it has been...

Mortgage deposits rising fast
The level of deposit required to buy a house has risen to an average of 20 per cent, it...

A property is 'more than an investment'
Property buyers were reminded this week that buying a property is often more important...

22 2008
Student rents 'rise 20 per cent'
Today's students are being faced with rent which has risen 20 per cent in just four years....

Property down one per cent
Property prices have taken another hit, as the five weeks between August and September saw...

Fifth of Brits worried about repossessions
The number of homeowners in Britain concerned about the chances of falling behind on...

Country homes are affected by crunch
Countryside properties are beginning to fall in value as a result of the credit crunch, it...

Property could decline by 20pc in 3 months
House prices in the UK could dip to just 80 per cent of the prices seen in August 2007,...

Builders turn to rental market
Housebuilders are turning to the rental market in order to secure a more steady form of...

18 2008
London experiencing rental boom
Rental demand in the capital is booming, according to one property firm which has recorded...

'Safer to invest in property than shares'
In a year that has seen both the banks and the housing market face serious challenges, one...

Property prices could experience 80pc drops
Jonathan Davis, a financial consultant in the City who famously predicted the housing...

17 2008
Economists concerned over further house price falls
The collapse of Lehman Brothers has the potential to further depreciate the UK housing...

Government house prices confuse picture
The government's latest research into house price activity has found that house prices...

Homeowners need great lengths to add value
Recent research among members of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has...

16 2008
Tenancy agreements rise by a fifth
The number of new tenancies in the UK has risen by almost a fifth in the past three months...

Country property unaffordable 'throughout UK'
Further figures detailing the unaffordability of UK property have been released this week,...

Buyers turning off market
Slow returns to the housing market have been quashed this week with the collapse of the...

15 2008
Britain's new homes 'smallest in Europe'
Britain's newest-built homes are the smallest in Europe, according to recent research,...

House prices falling further than anticipated
House prices in auctions across the country are falling at levels far beyond those...

Three years for house prices to recover
The housing market will remain in its current lull for the next three years, analysts have...

New homes set for Isle of Wight
It has been confirmed by the Isle of Wight Council that new housing will be built on...

Rural properties out of reach of locals
Property prices in the Highlands and Islands have soared far above the local income, it...

Brits must refrain from purchasing frenzy
Britons' obsession with buying property has been named as one of the reasons for the...

11 2008
Repossessions now 'big business'
A major investment company has announced its venture into purchasing repossessed homes, it...

Pricey property the only popular form of buying
Buyers in the UK housing market have seen the price of a property skyrocket and then crash...

09 2008
Rental demand up by 20%, experts reveal
The number of people choosing to rent a property has risen by 20 per cent over the past...

Renting is no longer a plan B for City whizzkids
Young families, City whizzkids and graduates are all choosing to rent in London as market...

Brighton home sales fall as renting booms
Estate agents in Brighton are reporting that home sales have dropped to a record low as...

08 2008
Renting still growing in popularity
The option to rent is growing sharply in popularity, according to the National Landlords...

New builds 'not reflecting true value'
Further signs that the housing market is suffering from a multitude of problems have...

Return of the buy-to-let may be upon us
Options regarding the number of properties to rent could soon be on the rise if the...

05 2008
Housing market 'falls 8pc in 4 months'
The housing market has been described as suffering from a crash, rather than a correction...

Properties in capital declining in value while on market
London properties are taking over three months to sell, according to recent...

No increase in buying expected as rate sticks
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided that the base interest...

04 2008
First time buyers back to square one
First time buyers had the most to gain from falling property prices, as low costs of a...

Government cash unlikely to tempt renters
The ailing housing market cannot be mended simply by the government patching £1...

MPC likely to maintain high mortgage rates
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is today to announce another...

03 2008
Housebuilders rejoice but renters stay put
House builders were buoyed yesterday by the announcement that the government is to invest...

Edinburgh suffers price slump
The price of a property in Edinburgh throughout August this year sunk by 6.5 per cent...

Government initiative not enough to lure renters into buying
Following weeks of anticipation, the government's announcement that it is to spend £1...

02 2008
Canary Wharf launches major golf tournament
Young professionals renting in and around London's Canary Wharf district are to be given...

London renters to benefit from Canary Wharf recruitment plans
Growing numbers of young professionals may start flocking to the south-east of London...

Even stamp duty cut may not tempt Brits out of renting
Prospective first-time buyers may still struggle to get a foot on the property ladder,...

01 2008
Renting the way forward as UK nears year-long price drop
New figures confirm that the UK is just a matter of days away from seeing a full year of...

Home borrowing halves as Brits stick to renting
Britain continues to fall out of love with buying property, with many more people now...

University towns witnessing massive price hikes
Students heading to university and those opting to stick around in the town or city where...